From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
?-?-1854
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.209, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
A one page letter from Joseph Hooker to Miles Berkeley.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
A one page letter from Joseph Hooker to Miles Berkeley.
Joseph Hooker writes to Miles Berkeley congratulating Berkeley on his son, Emeric Berkeley, passing his exams. Also mentions attending a Microscopical Society event and how Hugh Falconer is hoping to return from India next year and will recommend Thomas Thomson to replace him at the Calcutta Botanic Garden.
A letter to Miles Berkeley from Joseph Hooker relating the news that Edward Forbes had died and lauding his achievements in science. Congratulates Berkeley on a £200 windfall and the accounts of his son Emeric Berkeley.
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