To J. D. Hooker 16 August [1865]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Aug 16th
My dear Hooker
I have this minute seen in the Times your Father’s death. I did not even know that he was ill.1 I hope earnestly that he did not suffer much at the close of his long life. He must have passed on the whole a happy & certainly a most active life. As I had not heard for some time from you, I have been continually thinking of you & had a presentiment of some ill news; but did not fear your Father.—
Do not write soon, but you know how anxious I shall be to hear of you, before very long.— I am bad, so no more.
My best of old Friends | Yours affectionately | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Condolences on W. J. Hooker’s death [12 Aug 1865].
His own health is bad.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4884
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 115: 274
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4884,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4884.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
