From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
8 March 1896
Source of text:
JDH/2/16 f.147, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
JDH writes to Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer [WTTD], sending his reassurances regarding an operation WTTD's mother is having. JDH recalls, in general terms, his difficulties with printers & publishers mentioning both Soper, & Reeve. JDH does not have any of the Tibetan instruments WTTD wants. The only artefact he has from his travels is a brass pipe which he smoked during his imprisonment. JDH asks if WTTD wants him to return an [inscribed slab'. JDH mentions that the British Museum want to buy a portrait of Robert Brown from JDH, but it will first be offered for sale to RBG Kew & the Royal Society.
Contributor:
Hooker Project