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From J. D. Hooker 14 June 1877
Summary
JDH has to entertain the Emperor of Brazil [Pedro II], who wants to meet CD.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 86–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11000 |
From J. D. Hooker 16 June 1877
Summary
JDH finds the Emperor, once an energetic man, all used up.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 88–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11003 |
From J. D. Hooker 18 June 1877
Summary
JDH recounts circumstances of his receiving Star of India (K.C.S.I.).
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 90–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11006 |
From J. D. Hooker 25 June 1877
Summary
Emperor of Brazil continues to press JDH for a meeting with CD.
JDH’s daughter, Harriet, marries W. T. Thiselton-Dyer.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11015 |
From J. D. Hooker 19 October 1877
Summary
JDH has just returned from U. S., where he worked on N. American geographical distribution with Asa Gray.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 95–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11190 |
From J. D. Hooker 7 November 1877
Summary
Sent rare cycad seeds for CD’s cotyledon study.
Welwitschia seed germinated at Kew had ordinary cotyledons. JDH thinks mature Welwitschia leaves are original cotyledons.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 97–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11227 |
From J. D. Hooker 13 November 1877
Summary
JDH cannot attend at the bestowal of CD’s honorary doctorate at Cambridge.
O. C. Marsh is rash to suggest all vertebrate types originated in America.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 99–100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11234 |
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| letter | (27) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (14) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
