From J. D. Hooker 17 December 1867
Royal Gardens Kew
Dear Darwin
I hope to get away by the afternoon (4 pm or so) train from Victoria on Saturday.1
Woolner2 tells me he goes down on Sunday Morning.
Ever yr affec | Jos D Hooker
Get a good novel ready for me.
Dec 17/67
Footnotes
Hooker had mentioned his intention of visiting Down on Friday 20 or Saturday 21 December 1867 in his letter to Emma Darwin, 11 December 1867.
Summary
Hopes to get afternoon train from Victoria.
Woolner comes on Sunday morning.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5731
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 186
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5731,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5731.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15
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