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From J. D. Hooker   [3 December 1874?]

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Probably a discussiion of J. D. Hooker’s feelings after death of his wife, Frances Harriet, on 13 November 1874: the letter is badly damaged.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [3 Dec 1874?]
Classmark:  DAR 166: 263
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9719F

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  • 1863  and n.  13. The ‘establishment’ was the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; CD had written that he would be in London from 3 to 10 December 1874 ( letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 2 December [ 1874] ; in fact, he stayed until 12 December, probably due to an illness that kept him in bed on 9 December (‘Journal’ (Appendix II); Emma Darwin’ …
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