From J. D. Hooker 31 October 1871
Summary
Details of the JDH–Ayrton–Gladstone imbroglio.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 93–5; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’Correspondence vol. 156, Indian Letters, Calcutta Botanic Garden II 1860–1905, ff. 1066–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8036 |
From J. D. Hooker 5 August 1871
Summary
Lengthy discussion of William Thomson’s address [BAAS, Edinburgh 1871].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 73–77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7896 |
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