To Robert FitzRoy [20 February 1840]
Summary
Poor health has made him give up all geological work.
Profits on their volumes [of Narrative] seem absurdly small.
Looks back on Beagle voyage as the most fortunate circumstance in his life.
Finds marriage a great happiness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Date: | [20 Feb 1840] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-555 |
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- … 12 carries an abstract of a response made by Whewell to FitzRoy’s doubts about the views expressed in Whewell 1833 , but there is no mention of any debt to FitzRoy. Alexander Burns Usborne was Master’s Assistant in the Beagle (see Correspondence vol. 1, Appendix III). Sir Charles Adam , one of the Lords of the Admiralty, 1835–41 ( DNB ). Queen Victoria married Prince Albert on 10 …
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