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From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin   [21 March 1866]1

Kew

Wednesday

Dear Mrs Darwin

Thanks for your kind note.2 Mrs Hooker is going to spend Sunday, with a Lady friend near Sydenham, she would have been delighted to come, but I think she had better wait for better weather. And now that your husband is “restored to his friends” I hope I may ask to bring her before long.3

I am counting the days till Saturday4

Ever most sincerely Yrs | Jos D Hooker

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 March 1866]. In 1866, the Wednesday after 19 March was 21 March.
2
Emma Darwin’s letter has not been found.
3
Frances Harriet Hooker and J. D. Hooker visited Down in June 1866 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
4
Hooker arrived at Down on Saturday 24 March 1866 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5078,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5078