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To J. D. Hooker   17 [January 1878]

6. Queen Anne St

Thursday Evening | 17th

My dear Hooker

It is so long since I have seen you I want much to do so.— We remain here till Tuesday or more probably Wednesday morning.1 Shall you be in London naturally any day, & could you come here to luncheon at 1 oclock or at any time?— Or again, if you are not coming up, may I come down to Kew for one hour, & in this case I wd. drive down & start pretty early.—

Yours affecty | C. Darwin

Endorsement: ‘/Jny 78.’

1
The last known time that CD and Hooker had met was on 2 December 1876, when Hooker visited Down (Correspondence vol. 24, Appendix II). CD and Emma Darwin stayed at 6 Queen Anne Street, the home of CD’s brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, from Thursday 17 January to Wednesday 23 January 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 6.… St] above del ‘Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.’
1.2 morning.] point over comma
1.4 to Kew] interl

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