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To J. D. Hooker   [8 November 1847]1

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Monday

My dear Hooker

I am very unwell & incapable of doing anything. I do hope I have not inconvenienced you.— I was so unwell all yesterday, that I was rejoicing you were not here; for it would have been a bitter mortification to me to have had you here & not enjoyed your last day.

I shall not now see you. Farewell & God bless you—

Your affectionate friend | C. Darwin

I will write to you in India

I must add my farewell & hearty good wishes to you. It has been a great disappointment to Charles not to be well today & see you. Now we must look forward to your return

very sincerely yours | E. Darwin

Footnotes

Summary

CD too unwell to see JDH. Encloses Emma’s farewell note.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-1134
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sent from
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Source of text
DAR 114: 110
Physical description
ALS 1p encl

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1134,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1134.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4

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