From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
24 Oct [1839]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 58)
Summary:
Hopes to publish volume on coral formations in a few months.
He and Emma live quietly, having given up parties.
Asks WDF if he remembers the Darwin family motto. He means to have a "seal solemnly engraved".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project