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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

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to W. D. Fox, 25–6 October [1865].
Charles Woodd Fox matriculated at Christchurch College, Oxford, on 13 October 1865 (Alum. Oxon.).

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 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4903.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13

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