To J. D. Hooker   [December 1846 – January 1847]

Down Farnborough Kent

Wednesday

My dear Hooker

Will Saturday the 16th. suit you to come here?1 If so, & I hope so, the Phaeton shall be at Sydenham to meet the Train which leaves at 3o 15’. (remember this). Bring some work & do stay as long as you can. Please send me one line by return of Post, for I will ask the old set to come for the Sunday.

I will, also, ask the Lyells, who said they wd. come this winter & bring some work & stay some days with me & I daresay you wd. like to meet them & I am sure they wd to meet you.

Ever yours | C. Darwin

As I must fix, please observe that you are to come in the Phaeton, as earliest asked.—

1
CD refers to 16 January 1847, when Charles Lyell and presumably Hooker visited Down. See Correspondence vol. 4, letter to Charles Lyell, [23 January 1847].

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1036,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1036