To J. D. Hooker 4 November [1881]
Down,
Nov 4th
My dear Hooker,
I received a few days ago a letter addressed in your hand-writing from Lima.— I cannot read the writers signature—1 Do you know it— If so just write it on the enclosed card.—
C. Darwin
He gives no address, besides Lima.
Footnotes
The correspondent from Lima was William Nation (see letter from William Nation, 22 September 1881; CD sent the letter to Nature, where it was published on 17 November 1881, p. 51 (see letter to Nature, 7 November [1881]).
Summary
Cannot read signature on letter sent via JDH from Lima.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13492
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 544
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13492,” accessed on 28 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13492.xml
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