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From W. D. Fox to G. H. Darwin   15 April [1879]

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Fears he cannot give much information for CD’s book [Erasmus Darwin]. Recounts how his mother’s health was improved by Erasmus Darwin’s treatment. Remembers being attacked as a boy by an angry lady whose beautiful teeth were extracted by Dr Darwin "to cure some nervous spasms".

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  15 Apr [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 99: 175–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11995

To G. H. Darwin   19 April [1879]

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Thanks him for his efforts. CD cared most about the letter to Thomas Okes [see Erasmus Darwin, pp. 14–15]. "Cannot think who the calumnious article cd have been about [in?] 1802."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  19 Apr [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 77
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12004

From W. D. Fox to G. H. Darwin   21 April [1879]

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Has no letters or papers [of Erasmus Darwin].

Suggests CD cite some of Erasmus Darwin’s poems to answer the charge of atheism [see Erasmus Darwin, p. 44].

Recounts a story of a remarkable cure by Dr Darwin, showing his sagacity and daring.

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  21 Apr [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 99: 177–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12006

From Richard Okes to G. H. Darwin   29 April 1879

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Thinks King’s College Library may have the letters of his grandfather [Thomas Okes of Exeter]. [See Erasmus Darwin, p. 14.]

Author:  Richard Okes
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  29 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 192–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12016

From G. H. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [30 April 1879]

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Sends some papers on Erasmus Darwin for CD.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [30 Apr 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 78
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12102