To J. D. Hooker [23 January 1867]
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My dear H.—
I shd much like Miquel’s Photograph—1 Give him my address & do not bother yourself with sending it— Thanks for your pleasant letter just received—2 We are very glad Mrs H. goes on well3
Ever yours | C. Darwin
You had better not send, if in earnest, the earth from St. Helena to me, as I could not distinguish commonest weed from the rarest now extinct plant—4
Footnotes
Summary
Would like Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel’s photograph, but JDH should give CD’s address to FAWM.
Thanks for letter and glad Frances Harriet Hooker goes on well.
Do not send St Helena earth.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5376F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- [Down]
- Source of text
- Bonhams (dealers) (4 December 2019, lot 51)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5376F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5376F.xml