From J. D. Hooker [21 July 1864]1
Kew
Thursday
Dear Darwin
We returned from Ireland yesterday—2 May I come to you on Saturday afternoon?3 & if I do may I bring Charlie4 with me— he can amuse himself famously— I shall have to return early on Monday as I am alone at Kew.—
Ever yrs affec | J D Hooker
Footnotes
The date is established by the reference to Hooker’s visit to Ireland (see n. 2, below), and by the reference to Hooker’s visit to Down on 24 July (see n. 3, below). The preceding Thursday was 21 July.
Hooker and his wife, Frances Harriet, had been on holiday in County Wicklow, Ireland (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 July 1864).
Hooker visited CD on Sunday 24 July (letter from J. D. Hooker to Asa Gray, 29 July 1864, Gray Herbarium of Harvard University).
Charles Paget Hooker, Hooker’s nine-year-old son.
Summary
Returned from Ireland, JDH wishes to visit Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4572
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 101: 265
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4572,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4572.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
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