From W. D. Fox [before 1 March 1866]1
[2 pages missing]
Do you know anything ⟨about⟩ Woking. A grand man—a Dr Brushfield2—wants to become the Superintendant of a new Asylum there. He is a perfect man for the situation & I shd much like to see him there.
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Footnotes
The date is established by the date of appointment of the superintendent of Brookwood Asylum (see n. 2, below).
Thomas Nadauld Brushfield was appointed superintendent of Brookwood Asylum, Woking, on 1 March 1866.
Summary
Would much like to see Dr Birchfield appointed superintendent of the new asylum at Woking.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13808
- From
- William Darwin Fox
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 205
- Physical description
- AL inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13808,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13808.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)
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