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From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 July 1878
Source of text:
DAR 104: 111–12
Summary:

JDH details the subscription fund’s finances.

Has finished lecture for Royal Society on N. American plant distribution.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
19 July 1878
Source of text:
JDH/2/16 f.48, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

Letter informing Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer of the death of JDH's niece Willielma Campbell née Hooker. Her mother Isabella [Whitehead Hooker] has not been clear about the cause of Willielma's death. She will be buried at the Glasgow necropolis near the High Church. JDH & family will travel to Glasgow & stay at the Royal Hotel, Georges' Square.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 July 1878
Source of text:
DAR 104: 114
Summary:

Burdened with Anniversary Address to the Royal Society.

Quips that even Huxley is running out of speeches.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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