To Hyacinth Hooker 8 January 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 8th. 1880
My dear Lady Hooker
I thank you much for your good wishes for all of us, & for your very kind & welcome present of the Bananas.1
Pray believe me | Yours sincerely & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Hooker’s letter has not been found. The Darwins occasionally received presents of bananas from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; see, for example, Correspondence vol. 25, letter to Hyacinth Hooker, [18 November 1877].
Summary
Thanks for gift of bananas.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12411F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Hyacinth Symonds/Hyacinth Jardine/Hyacinth Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 311)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12411F,” accessed on 27 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12411F.xml
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