From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 187
Summary:
Regrets he cannot get to Down.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[12 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 13)
Summary:
CD writes with much sympathy for WDF, whose sister [Mrs Bristowe] is alarmingly ill.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
23 Mar [1842]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 57)
Summary:
Letter of condolence on the death of WDF’s wife [Harriet Fletcher Fox].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[31 Mar 1842]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 56)
Summary:
Second letter of condolence, following burial of Mrs Fox.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[23 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 14)
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.
Contributor:
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From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Aug [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 188
Summary:
Discusses deafness in white cats. Every blue-eyed, white cat WDF has known has been deaf.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[18 May 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 15)
Summary:
Is getting the information WDF wanted about his bills;
adds some news of entomology.
Accepts invitation to visit Osmaston in August. Plans a June trip to Shrewsbury, a three-week trip in Wales with F. W. Hope.
Is doing nothing but riding and entomology.
Thinks WDF wise to defer going into orders.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
21 Oct [1868]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 149); DAR 266
Summary:
Reminds WDF to write about the "great magpie marriage". Sexual selection an "everlasting subject".
News of his children.
Asks for information on instances of sexual preference in animals and data on numbers of males and females born in various domesticated species.
Contributor:
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From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Oct [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 189; DAR 193: 112; DAR 83: 187, DAR 84.1: 128–30, DAR 86: A87–9
Summary:
Thanks CD for a recent letter.
Reports on his health, which has been bad for 12 months.
Sends extracts of works on domestication.
Discusses the pairing of various birds; comments on the pugnacity of partridges, pheasants, male guinea-fowl, and peacocks.
Gives proportions of sexes in pheasants.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
4 Nov 1868
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 150)
Summary:
Much interested in WDF’s letter on inheritance and courtship of birds. CD "in a great muddle" on many points.
Asks for further information on proportion of sexes in sheep.
Contributor:
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From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Dec [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 126–7, DAR 85: B36–7
Summary:
Hybrid geese.
Proportions of sexes in sheep and cattle.
Pairing habits of crows.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
12 Dec [1868]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.357)
Summary:
Thanks WDF for information about sheep and cattle.
Mentions corrections for new edition of Origin [5th ed. (1869)].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[9 Dec 1842]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 64)
Summary:
CD likes Down House, describes countryside.
Tells of Edward Charlesworth fracas at Geological Society.
Is at work on Volcanic islands.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
7 June [1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 16)
Summary:
Has shipped a portmanteau and box of WDF’s things. Lists bills paid from funds sent.
"My success has been very splendid in the science" [entomology].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[25 Mar 1843]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 66)
Summary:
Sympathises with WDF’s persisting grief.
Describes Down House and additions being built, which interfere with Geology [of "Beagle"].
Bodily health is improved, but cannot stand mental excitement.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[3 July 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 17)
Summary:
CD started on an entomology trip through N. Wales with F. W. Hope, but after two days his lips became bad, and he was unwell; had to return home. Took some good insects in the two days, but Hope "did wonders". CD is determined to retrace Hope’s tour before autumn.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[15 July 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 18)
Summary:
Tells whereabouts of WDF’s remaining Cambridge possessions;
adds he has many insects for him. Can WDF join him for a week in Wales?
CD must read for his "Little Go" as the examination is being made more difficult.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
29 [July 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 19)
Summary:
Sends stuffed birds;
attempts to arrange a meeting.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[4 Sept 1843]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 67)
Summary:
Comments on his visit to N. Wales and the evidence of glaciation, of which he feels certain.
His marine theory [of the parallel roads of Glen Roy] has revived after Louis Agassiz’s "ice work" knocked it on the head.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
26 [Aug 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 20)
Summary:
If convenient, CD will visit WDF at Osmaston early in September. Went to Barmouth with his sisters.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project