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DCP-LETT-261

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 124
Summary:

WDF sends news of his activities and of his family.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-262

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
8 Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:

CD has recovered from his illness.

Fatigue and depression had almost decided Captain FitzRoy to turn over his command, but he was dissuaded.

Beagle will now go no further south than Cape Tres Montes and will finish survey in five months.

CD experiences his first earthquake.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-264

From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24] Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 104
Summary:

The Langtons will go to Madeira for the winter. E. A. Darwin and the Hensleigh Wedgwoods enjoyed a stay in Cambridge, where they saw Professors Whewell and Sedgwick. Colonel Leighton has died. The King has dismissed the Whig Ministry; Wellington is Premier, and the country is in a strange state.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-265

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec [1834]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 82
Summary:

Has sent all of CD’s directions to William Clift.

Erasmus has been very ill, but is now quite safe and well again. Caroline and Susan are with him.

They have heard FitzRoy is promoted and the Beagle is coming home.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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