From W. D. Fox [before 26 October 1865]1
⟨two pages missing⟩ with you then.
I took my 2d Boy Charles to Oxford last week. I sho⟨uld⟩ much h⟨a⟩ve preferred Cambridge—but a⟨s⟩ he was fortunate enough to g⟨a⟩in a Studentship at Ch⟨rist⟩ ⟨Chur⟩ch2 I had no ⟨ ⟩ ⟨half a page missing⟩ ⟨ ⟩ think of you, my p⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩, with your sad health, while I ⟨ha⟩ve a perfectly enjoyabl⟨e⟩ life— tho my lungs are rather ⟨r⟩otten
I met a splen⟨di⟩d man for a couple of d⟨ay⟩s l⟨ast⟩ week
Footnotes
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
Summary
His second son [C. W. Fox] has a studentship at Christ Church, Oxford.
[Isolated fragments only.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4903
- From
- William Darwin Fox
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 204 (fragile)
- Physical description
- AL inc & damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4903,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
