To J. D. Hooker 19 April [1876]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Ap. 19th
My dear Hooker
Henrietta is so unwell or rather I fear I shd. say ill, that we do not go to London tomorrow. Probably not till Monday, but I will let you know when, for the chance of your coming to luncheon.2 Dr. Andrew Clarke is coming here this evening, & we shall then know what he thinks about her.
Many thanks for the seed.—3
Yours affect. | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to C. S. Wedgwood, 20 April 1876.
According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Henrietta Emma Litchfield came to Down on 8 April and was ill with pain and fever from 17 to 21 April 1876. The Darwins had intended to go to London on 20 April 1876 (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 14 April 1876). They stayed with CD’s brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, from Thursday 27 April until 3 May 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
Hooker had sent teasel (Dipsacus) seeds; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [18 April 1876] and n. 2.
Summary
Daughter Henrietta’s illness prevents a trip to London.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10457
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 406
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10457,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10457.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
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