From J. D. Hooker [29 July 1864]1
Royal Gardens Kew
Friday
Dr Darwin
Taylor the agent2 has found ships for Calcutta, but it is obviously impossible to decide what passage had better be taken except Scott himself comes up & inspects, whether 2d. class at £42 or cabin 1st. Class at £65.— so much depends on ship &c &c &c.3 I have sent Scott the documents & written to this effect to him, also offering him opportunity of reading up India at Kew if he inclines to lodge here—4
Ever yr aff | J D Hooker
Answers to your Queries are half done & will go early next week.5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
The Kew agent has looked into ships to Calcutta for Scott, who should come to Kew.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4584
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 101: 264
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4584,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4584.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12