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From J. D. Hooker   [27 July 1867]1

Kew

Saturday.

Dear Darwin

We returned last Monday, Mrs Hooker much the better of the trip.2

May I come to you on Saturday next 4th.?3

Ever Yrs Aff | J D Hooker

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 July 1867. The Saturday before 3 August 1867 (see n. 3, below) was 27 July.
2
Hooker had taken his wife, Frances Harriet Hooker, to Switzerland. They evidently returned a day earlier than planned; they had meant to return on Tuesday 23 July. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 July 1867.
3
In 1867, 4 August was a Sunday.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5586,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5586