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From Robert FitzRoy 23 September 1831
Summary
Regrets he cannot take Francis Owen on Beagle as midshipman. RF thinks CD had better be on the books [for victuals], but CD should do as he likes. Refitting progress is slow.
| Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Sept 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-135 |
To Charles Thomas Whitley 23 [September 1831]
Summary
Thanks CTW for his letter [125]. "I do not think I ever received a more kind letter than yours or one that gave me so much pleasure.— You ought to have in your mind, the prospect of leaving England for 3 or 4 years before you can understand how to enjoy such a letter from such a person as yourself—". Regarding the voyage, "all is finally settled, & I have sealed away about half a chance of life.— If one lived merely to see how long one could spin out life,—I should repent my choice.— As it is I do not.—"
Thanks CTW for four fungi which have arrived.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Thomas Whitley |
| Date: | 23 [Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-135A |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| FitzRoy, Robert | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Whitley, C. T. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| FitzRoy, Robert | (1) |
| Whitley, C. T. | (1) |
