From Frances Harriet Hooker [6 April 1867]1
My dear Mr. Darwin—
Joseph went off to Paris yesterday morning at 7.AM.—in company with Dr. Thomson—so your letter must wait awhile for an answer—2 I do not know when he will return— I am happy to tell you that baby is very much better—recovering fast, in fact.— Dr. Withecombe said this morning that he only wants food & nursing—3 You & Mrs. Darwin4 will be glad to hear this.
Poor Smith & his wife are in trouble about their baby, who is ill of inflammation on the chest—dying, I fear— it is not expected to live through the day.—5
We were very sorry to hear of Horace’s being ill—6 I trust you will soon have no further cause for anxiety.
Believe me | Yrs. affectly. | F H Hooker
Kew. W. | Saty.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Summary
JDH has left for Paris with Thomas Thomson.
Baby is better.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5492
- From
- Frances Harriet Henslow/Frances Harriet Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 159–60
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5492,” accessed on 28 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5492.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15