Letter 5586
Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R.
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Back from Switzerland. Mrs Hooker much improved.
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Kew
Saturday.
Dear Darwin
We returned last Monday, Mrs Hooker much the better of the trip.
May I come to you on Saturday next 4th.?
Ever Yrs Aff | J D Hooker
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The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 July 1867. The Saturday before 3 August 1867 (see n. 3, below) was 27 July. - +
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Hooker had taken his wife, Frances Harriet Hooker, to Switzerland. They evidently returned a day earlier than planned; they had meant to return on Tuesday 23 July. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 July 1867. - +
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In 1867, 4 August was a Sunday.