From J. D. Hooker [4 April 1864]1
[Royal Gardens Kew]
Monday Mg
Dear Darwin
I have written to Balfour to ask Scotts character,2 making no allusion to you or himself, simply saying that I have been asked to look out for a foreign appt. for him & asking Balfours opinion of his character for skill, strength, activity & obliging disposition—3 I have no post in view & we have one of our own men who it is our duty to serve first—so please say nothing to Scott about it. I shall let you know what Balfour says.
Ever yrs affec | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Summary
JDH has written to J. H. Balfour for a character reference for John Scott.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4448
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 101: 202
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4448,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4448.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
