To W. D. Fox 2 July [1858]
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July 2d
My dear Fox
Our poor Baby died on 28th at night.—1 One of his nurses has caught Fever. We had resolved not to move the others, after consultation & taking all sorts of precautions; but your letter has been turning point & this very day they all go to Sussex to their Aunt, who is here & takes them.2 We stay till Etty can move & I of course stay till nurse is out of all danger whatever.
You may believe we are terribly anxious, but fear has almost driven away grief.— What a miserable fortnight we have had.—
Many thanks my dear Fox for your most kind & affectionate letter | Yours | C. Darwin
We have all had slight sore-throats, but I often have, & my wife thought it might be in some degree fancy in all.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Baby [Charles Waring Darwin] died of scarlet fever on 28 June. "Fear has almost driven away grief."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2300
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Darwin Fox
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 116)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2300,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2300.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
