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Darwin Correspondence Project

From J. D. Hooker   17 December 1867

Royal Gardens Kew

Dear Darwin

I hope to get away by the afternoon (4 pm or so) train from Victoria on Saturday.1

Woolner2 tells me he goes down on Sunday Morning.

Ever yr affec | Jos D Hooker

Get a good novel ready for me.

Dec 17/67

Footnotes

Hooker had mentioned his intention of visiting Down on Friday 20 or Saturday 21 December 1867 in his letter to Emma Darwin, 11 December 1867.

Summary

Hopes to get afternoon train from Victoria.

Woolner comes on Sunday morning.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-5731
From
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Kew
Source of text
DAR 102: 186
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5731,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5731.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15

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