From J. D. Hooker [17 August 1866]1
Dear Darwin
I hope to arrive at Bromley with my blessed mss2 tomorrow by the Train that leaves Charing X at 5.15. & arrives at Bromley at 6 PM
Ever | J D Hooker
Kew Friday.
Footnotes
The date is established by the references to Hooker’s manuscript (see n. 2, below) and by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 August [1866]. In 1866, the Friday following 12 August was 17 August.
Hooker refers to the manuscript of his lecture on insular floras (J. D. Hooker 1866a), delivered at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science on 27 August 1866.
Summary
Hopes to arrive with MS of "Insular floras" on Saturday.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5191
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 93
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5191,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5191.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
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