To Charles Thomas Whitley [9 September 1831]
Summary
Mentions letters from Peacock and Henslow; tells of offer of a position on surveying voyage, his initial refusal, and eventual acceptance. Describes FitzRoy and course of voyage.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Thomas Whitley |
Date: | [9 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-121 |
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 |
From Charles Whitley 13 September 1831
Summary
Congratulates CD on Beagle appointment as an "opportunity … of studying all the natural sciences at once, after your own taste".
Author: | Charles Thomas Whitley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Sept 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 69 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-125 |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Whitley, C. T. | (1) |
Whitley, C. T. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |