From J. D. Hooker 5 July 1864
Kew
July 5/64.
Dear Darwin
I returned this morning for a few days to Kew to meet my Uncle Gunn,1 leaving Frances2 at the 7 Churches Wicklow hills, with Dr & Mrs Harvey,3 where the mt. air is already doing her a deal of good. I return on Friday
I have enquired about the person who wanted a superintendent for a Coffee Plantation in Nilgheries & finding that he is a good man & true, I have therefore written to him & told him of Scott,4 telling him that any enquiry he may wish to make of Scott himself may be sent through you, as I do not know Scott’s address.5 If nothing comes of this I will enquire about a Calcutta ship, for which July & August is a very good time.—landing him at the beginning of the cold season.
I shall be away till the 21st. when I must be back & shall run down to you the first possible Sunday.6
I am very tired, having come straight on from Wicklow last night by car, steamer & express 2d. Class, (which is enough to resuscitate the dead) & have been twice through the Gardens today & written 14 letters—so no more at present.
You will be glad to hear that I am giving up 2 Examinerships, Army & L. University7—not without a pang—as £175 pr annum is no joke to lose for a man who will do Wedgwood,8 & likes travelling however it is a great incubus off.
I will bring your venerable Gdfather when I come.9
I am delighted that the pendulum of your health has at last swung back.10
Ever yr affec | J D Hooker
Address Jordan’s Hotel
Seven Churches
N Rathdrum
Wicklow
till Saturday week
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
JDH pursues the coffee plantation job for Scott.
Wrote 14 letters today. JDH’s work load.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4552
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 101: 230–1
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4552,” accessed on 3 December 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4552.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12