Darwin, C. R. to Fox, W. D.
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CD's father has given him £200 to settle his debts.
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He is delighted by a magnificent anonymous gift of a microscope.
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Sees a good deal of the Henslows who are expecting a child soon.
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CD still talks of the "Canary scheme"; he is learning Spanish.
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Cambridge
Wednesday
My dear Fox
Cambridge has been in such a state of bustle & excitement for the last week, that I have done nothing but go gossiping about the town.— But thank goodness we are once again quiet: & I have had time to think about my plans.— I am very, very sorry to say I cannot pay you a visit at present. I really have no right to travel so many miles (& cost so many shillings) for my own amusement: the Governor has given me a 200£ note to pay my debts, & I must be economical.— Independent of paying you a nice quiet, snug visit, I should have put a scheme into practice which I have long wished to do to see the Pictures at Stamford: But both schemes must die the same death from inanition.— On the per contra side of the question Henslows lectures come into play, & I should have been sorry to have missed even one of them.—
And now for our eternal accounts.— I find I made a mistake in my last
letter.— I have of your money,
6"4"6 Orridge's bill was 13
Some goodnatured Cambridge man has made me a most magnificent anonymous present of a Microscope: did ever hear of such a delightful piece of luck? one would like to know who it was, just to feel obliged to him.—
My time here is very pleasant. I am very busy at 3 or 4
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, & see a great deal Henslow, whom I do not know,
whether I love or respect most.— M
How I wish we could meet. You would soon be tired of the subject
Good Bye | Chas Darwin
PS. Aiken is not ill John Day wants to know what to do with your wine as the Hampers are rotting & something must soon be done.
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General Election polling took place in Cambridge on 3, 4, 5, and 6 May 1831, when the Whig government went to the country over the first Reform Bill. - +
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The collection of the Marquis of Exeter at Burghley House, Stamford. - +
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Prose writings. - +
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Leonard Ramsay Henslow.