n.d. “A list of summer birds of passage”. “Pernicious effects of Yew to Cattle”. D.,

“Notes of a Mesmeric Performance” entry dated Thursday, March 14, 1872

The Phrenological and Mesmeric Chart, J.S. Butterworth,
Hulme, Manchester. Lecturer on Mesmerism and Teacher of Practical Phrenology. Attached analysis of character of Fanny Fox dated June (?), 1856. (?Phrenological examination) A. D.

3 scraps, names of people mentioned.

n.d. Anecdotes and jokes. D.

G. Batten, 7 Above Bar, Southampton, to C.W. Fox, Esq. Receipt of payment for clothing. Also newspaper cutting – “boa constrictor”.

Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898, to Miss Fox. The writer has to decline any engagements at the present time - he is too busy with the French exhibition.

Denmark Rd., Camberwell, Surrey to Rev. Wm. D. Fox? Instructions on how to catch vipers and extract their oil.

William Hewitson, Newcastle to Rev. W. D. Fox, Osmaston Hall, Derby. Hewitson is writing for some bits of information that he needs to finish another section of his book and ready it for printing. Discusses some of his problems with the production. Hewitson is considering accepting the position of secretary to the Royal Institution in Manchester. Ends with a bit of political discussion.

Emma Darwin [née Wedgwood], Derby, to Revd. W.D. Fox, Harrowgate. This letter is filled with social pleasantries and chitchat. Many names are mentioned.

August 28 Charles Darwin?, 36 Great Marlborough Street, London, to
Wm. Darwin Fox. The proof sheets are coming in and so he will be busy; he will then go down to Shrewsbury which he is very much looking forward to for he loves wooded country in England during the autumn. After that he will come back to Marlborough Street and begin pure Natural History; his time will all be taken up with supervising the illustration of Zoology of Beagle's Voyage for which the Government has given him some money. L.

August 29, 1827 Notes on Craniology. D.

Henry Doubleday, Epping? to Rev. Wm. Darwin Fox, York House, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Discusses sharing of specimens and Doubleday's observances of multitudes of birds and their nesting. Other names involved in similar observations - Temminck, Gould, Jenyns, J. Marshall?, Wm. Yarrell, J.S. Hay of Stoke. Close observation to differentiate species. Discusses specimen gathering and sharing in Natural History.

William C. Hewitson, 32 Collingwood St., [Newcastle?] to
William D. Fox, Osmaston near Derby. Hewitson is having a book published, it has been delayed and hopefully will be available March 1. One must be very strict
in believing identifications of birds.

Henry Doubleday, 1808-1875, to [Rev. Wm. Darwin Fox?]. Sending a description of the eggs along with them.

Dawson Turner, Yarmouth, to Elizabeth. Note of what is being sent.

Lichfield to Rev. William Darwin Fox. Thanks Fox for sending elder plants and would like to revisit Delamere Rectory to see his blue elder.

Basil Geo. Woodd, New Bond St., to (W. Darwin) Fox at Ryde, Isle of Wight. This is a note concerning an overpayment of money. Shipping wine requested by Fox.

Duke of Norfold, Farnham, to Samuel Fox, Osmaston Hall, Derby. The Duke of Norfolk accepts and thanks Mr. Fox for the honor extended to him, that is, of being President of the Derbyshire ? for the ensuing year - understanding that-his attendance may be dispensed with

Hesketh Pearson, London to Rev. Gilbert B. Darwin Fox, Isle of Wight. Answers Darwin's letters regarding his familial background and the history of the Portland vase by Wedgwood. Includes clipped samples of handwriting of R.W. Darwin.

E. Darwin, Down, Beckenham, Kent to Mrs. Hughes. Emma, writing on Charles' behalf as well, thanks Mrs. Hughes for her kindness and sympathy. Death of Erasmus? She wishes to be remembered to Mrs. Fox and her son Charles also.

Charles Darwin, Down, Beckenham, Kent, to Rev. W. Darwin Fox, Broadlands, Sandown, Isle of Wight. He recalls their long friendship and is sorry to hear of Fox's daughter's illness; he is anxious about his son-in-law, Litchfield, who is not well. George is in Algiers? Frank and he are working on physiological aspects of plants.

E. Bickersteth, Walton Rectory,Herts, to Rev. Prebendary Townsend, Vicarage, North Allerton. Concern over the salvation of the multitude from the evil days at hand. Discussion of publishing a religious book. Townsend is about to write a preface to Fox's Book of Martyrs.

Charles Darwin, to Rev. W.D. Fox, Delamere Rectory, Northwich, Cheshire

William C. Hewitson, Newcastle to Rev. W.D. Fox, Osmaston Hall, Derby. Fox had previously written asking for Hewitson to identify some bird's eggs. Hewitson is also sending some specimens along to Fox and his wife.

William C. Hewitson, Newcastle on Tyne to Rev. W.D. Fox,
Osmaston Hall near Derby. Friendship, “a sort of Freemasonry” among naturalists. Hewitson greatly enjoys his work. Lengthy discussion of his desiderata and comments on a variety of birds, eggs and insects. Also discusses procedure for exchanging boxes of
specimens.

William C. Hewitson to Rev. W.D. Fox, Epperstone, Nottingham.
Hewitson is sorry that the package of specimens which he had sent to Rev. Fox did not arrive safely. He discusses his eggs and thoughts on types of birds. Discusses various places and their type of bird and insect populations.

Charles Darwin, Down, Beckenham, to Revd. W. Darwin
Fox, Sandown, Isle of Wight. He is very sorry for the loss which Mr. & Mrs. Fox have suffered and which he saw yesterday in the Times and hopes she did not suffer too much.

John D. Salmon, Thetford to the Revd. W.D. Fox, Capel Carig, Bangor, North Wales. More sharing and discussion of collections Hewitson and W. Hoy mentioned. The author still retains the egg collection of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum and he hopes to add a few items.

Carl Haag, Ida Villa, Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, to Charles W. Fox, Esquire, Members Mansions, Victoria Street. Thanks Fox for the oriental prayer rug.

Benjamin Disraeli, Downing Street, to Basil T. Woodd, Eq.,
M.P., Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough. The meeting of Parliament will be considering business of the highest importance and Disraeli earnestly requests the presence of Woodd at that time.

July 22, 1871 Caricatures on Darwin from “Fun”. D.

W. Hoy, Stoke, (Nayland?) to Wm. Darwin Fox (?) Short note on receipt of letter. [Second page has been used to list eggs by someone else (?) Fox]

C. Darwin, Down, to Wm. Darwin Fox. Thanks Fox for his second letter; there has been some illness in the house but the crisis is over and he hopes no one else will become ill. They are to go to Elizabeth Wedgwood's and then to the sea but does not know just where because the house they take must be very near the sea for Etty's sake.

Epperstone near Nottingham, to Hewitson, (William Chapman, 1806-1878). Sharing insects, also a bird's nest and some other “desiderata”. A listing of what, where found and when. L

W. Hoy, Stoke, (Nayland?), to Wm. D. Fox. More sharing of specimens, with a list of eggs

William C. Hewitson, Newcastle to Rev. W. Darwin Fox, Hamphall Stubbs, Yorks. Hewitson had tried to call upon Fox, who was not home, and had thereby seen large numbers of birds. Hewitson cannot remember what specimens he promised to send to Fox. He hopes that he can visit Norway, around Trondheim, next spring. Tells Fox what he has been finding for his collection. Hewitson has spent very little time lately on his insect observation and collection. He is a member of a newly formed Field Naturalist Club.

Richard Owen to C.W. Fox? Owen will be seeing someone shortly and sends this note to thank the receiver's father for kindness in remembering his work.

Jno. O. Westwood, Walton Manor Change of appointment time.

Richard Owen to an unknown woman. Information regarding appointment in the British Museum, in response to her enquiry.

William C. Hewitson, Bristol to Rev. W.D. Fox, Wood's Esq., Hampstead. There seems to have been a long silence between these two.
Hewitson discusses the numbers of his book which he is working on. Other men are involved in the identification of birds, etc. and they sometimes disagree with these collector's opinions. Hewitson has the job with the Royal Institution but he is disappointed with it and hopes to leave.

N. Cardinal Wiseman, Leydon N.E. (?) to Rev. W. Darwin Fox, Delamere Rectory, Northwich. Wiseman has just finished a course of Vichy waters for his health and is feeling better; he hopes to completely regain his strength. Newspaper accounts of his illness were exaggerated.

Ch. Darwin, Down to W. Darwin Fox, Old Parsonage, High Harrowgate. He is sorry Fox is unwell; Darwin has been working very hard lately and at the moment is most interested in domestic rabbits and ducks. Because of the doubt about origins, he is more interested in pigeons and ducks than poultry. Sir C. Lyell has urged Darwin to write a Preliminary Essay and he has begun but is full of doubt about the work; asks if he may quote Fox about never having seen or heard of a blueish-grey cat that was not deaf

List of eggs. H. Doubleday

List of eggs sent and list promised. D.

Henry Doubleday, Epping to Rev. W.D. Fox, Osmaston . Fox has written asking Doubleday's assistance in Ornithology and/or Entomology. During last six or seven years Doubleday has assembled quite a collection of British Birds. Fox is welcome to any duplicates. Doubleday's similarly interested friends, Hewitson, Salmon, Gould, Wm. Yarrell. Doubleday includes a listing of his specimens.

Spurzheim, Johann Kaspar, 1776-1852, Derby to Dr. Kennedy, Ashby de-la-Zouch. Spurzheim has examined the head of an eagle. He is not able to inspect the head of a woodcock and thus cannot say “how the spot, share inhabitionery lies”

Willaim C. Hewitson, Newcastle to Rev. W.D. Fox, Epperstone, Nottingham [c/o Strutt] . Hewitson apologizes for not sending Fox samples, especially in view of Fox's generosity in this regard. He promises to send something soon.

Edward Forbes, 6 Gray's Court, Ch. N. Woodd, Esq. Setting up of dinner date.