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To J. D. Hooker   [1 March 1847]1

Shrewsbury

Monday

My dear Hooker

I am so unwell I cannot start from here tomorrow; but if you are still in London, I will come to you to Breakfast on Thursday Morning; I propose this because if I do not appear by 9 oclock you will understand I am unwell & this may save you a walk in vain.2

Ever yours | C. Darwin

1
Dated from the reference to CD’s return from Shrewsbury, see n. 2, below.
2
It is not clear whether Hooker and CD met on Thursday, 4 March, although CD certainly passed through London on his return from Shrewsbury (see letter to Charles Lyell, [7 March 1847]). The letter from J. D. Hooker, [1 March 1847], indicates that Hooker returned to Kew on the Tuesday before CD’s visit to London, and the letter to J. D. Hooker, [14 March 1847], suggests they did not meet, since CD was still eager to visit Hooker to discuss some points relating to his species theory.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1068,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1068