From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Apr [1877]
Source of text:
DAR 110: B62
Summary:
Reports on upward projection of Pulmonaria flowers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Nov [1877]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 201
Summary:
Congratulates W. E. Darwin, who is about to be married,
and CD for the LL.D. conferred upon him by Cambridge.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Feb [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 202
Summary:
Congratulates CD on his birthday.
WDF has been suffering from bronchitis.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 July [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 203
Summary:
Thanks CD for his condolences. Reminisces about their youth.
On the death of his naturalist friend, W. C. Hewitson.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Mar [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 99: 172–4
Summary:
Sends family news;
describes what remains of his "menagerie" and tells of his interest in the framework of his son’s German badger-hound.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
15 Apr [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 99: 175–6
Summary:
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".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
21 Apr [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 99: 177–8
Summary:
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.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
