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From W. D. Fox   1 November 1834

Summary

WDF sends news of his activities and of his family.

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 124
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-261

To Catherine Darwin   8 November 1834

Summary

CD has recovered from his illness.

Fatigue and depression had almost decided Captain FitzRoy to turn over his command, but he was dissuaded.

Beagle will now go no further south than Cape Tres Montes and will finish survey in five months.

CD experiences his first earthquake.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:  8 Nov 1834
Classmark:  DAR 223
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-262

To J. S. Henslow   8 November 1834

Summary

Sends two boxes of specimens and part of his "hum-drum letter-like" journal.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  8 Nov 1834
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 24 DAR/1/1/24)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-263

From Susan Darwin   [24] November 1834

Summary

The Langtons will go to Madeira for the winter. E. A. Darwin and the Hensleigh Wedgwoods enjoyed a stay in Cambridge, where they saw Professors Whewell and Sedgwick. Colonel Leighton has died. The King has dismissed the Whig Ministry; Wellington is Premier, and the country is in a strange state.

Author:  Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [24] Nov 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 104
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-264