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To W. D. Fox 1 April [1829]
Summary
Eager to hear how WDF and his family get on.
Entomology goes poorly. Harbour has given C. C. Babington first pick of the beetles, and CD has stopped buying from him.
Fire at Linton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 1 Apr [1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-60 |
To W. D. Fox [10 April 1829]
Summary
Has been in "a perfect and absolute state of idleness", riding and walking in the morning, gambling at Van John [vingt-et-un] in the evening.
"Little Go" has been unusually strict.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [10 Apr 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-61 |
To W. D. Fox [12 April 1829]
Summary
CD writes with much sympathy for WDF, whose sister [Mrs Bristowe] is alarmingly ill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [12 Apr 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-62 |
To W. D. Fox [23 April 1829]
Summary
CD’s sister Catherine has informed him of the death of WDF’s sister [Mrs Bristowe]. CD sends sympathy to WDF and his parents, and refers to the pure and holy comfort afforded by the Bible.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-63 |
