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DCP-LETT-44

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[July? 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 45
Summary:

Is eager to know all that goes on at the Forest [Woodhouse], Bliss Castle [Maer], and Darwin Hall [The Mount].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-45

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[29 July 1828]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 3)
Summary:

CD on a reading party at Barmouth, Wales;

difficulty with mathematics.

Reports on his entomological collecting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-45A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Thomas Whitley
Date:
[10 Aug 1828]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

His idle life and the pleasures of Barmouth: "my reading [in mathematics] is a failure"; "Beettle hunting … is my proper sphere".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-46

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[19 Aug 1828]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 4)
Summary:

Accepts invitation to a Music Meeting at Osmaston, Derbyshire.

Entomological news and queries.

Has taken up angling.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-47

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Maurice Herbert
Date:
[13 Sept 1828]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.1)
Summary:

Asks JMH to collect some insects at Barmouth.

Reports on his shooting luck.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-48

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[Oct 1828]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 5)
Summary:

Sends some stuffed birds for "Osmaston Museum" and some insects.

Home having cloyed, plans to go to Woodhouse to visit the Owens and the black-eyed houris [Sarah and Fanny] there.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-49

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Maurice Herbert
Date:
[3 Oct 1828]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.2)
Summary:

CD obliged for JMH’s labours in "the science". He reports having spent a pleasant month. Entomological pursuits succeeded.

Looks forward to receiving beetles and butterflies from JMH when he passes through Shrewsbury.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-50

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Darwin family
Date:
3 Oct 1828
Source of text:
DAR 204: 34
Summary:

[Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s present one having become dangerous.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-51

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Oct 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 46
Summary:

Woodhouse news, including going to a play.

She has been spending much time painting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-52

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[29 Oct 1828]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 6)
Summary:

Has met Frederick William Hope, the entomologist; relates F. W. Hope’s praise of CD’s collection and his generous offer of assistance.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-53

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
21 Dec 1828
Source of text:
DAR 154: 66
Summary:

Has found nice rooms in [Christ’s] College, which he has furnished with some very good prints. Lives almost entirely with W. D. Fox and entomology.

News of John Price, B. H. Kennedy, and Charles Whitley. Fanny Owen is as charming as ever.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-54

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[24 Dec 1828]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 7)
Summary:

CD is collecting entomological specimens;

extols the charms of Fanny Owen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-000826

From:
Davies Gilbert
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
29 March 1828
Source of text:
MM/14/4, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000827

From:
Davies Gilbert
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
13 May 1828
Source of text:
MM/14/5, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000828

From:
unknown
To:
unknown
Date:
29 November 1828
Source of text:
MM/14/6, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001782

From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Franz Xaver Zach
Date:
27 October 1828
Source of text:
MM/25/1, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001784

From:
unknown
To:
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
Date:
21 August 1828
Source of text:
MM/25/3, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

SOMERVILLE633

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Jan 1828
Source of text:
MSW 1 / 166, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE645

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
30 Oct 1828
Source of text:
MSY 1 / 217, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE7

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Jun 1828
Source of text:
MSB1 / 228, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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