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From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin   15 September 1871

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His mother very ill.

Mrs Hooker back from Bavaria.

Hopes marriage [of Henrietta] went well. Is accused of saying he would rather go to two burials than one marriage.

Has heard from Huxley who is threatening to "thin out" Mivart. Huxley is reading Francisco Suarez and finds Mivart misquotes or misunderstands him.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  15 Sept 1871
Classmark:  DAR 103: 83–84
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7945

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  • Hooker’s mother was Maria Hooker . She had been living at Torquay since 1870 to be near her daughter, Elizabeth Evans-Lombe ( Allan 1967 , p.  224). Hooker refers to Frances Harriet Hooker . See letter from J.  D.   …
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