To Dawson Turner   29 October 1848

My dear Sir,

I have delayed a few days thanking you for the kind present you have been so good as to send me– & which I dare say will sooner or later prove useful to me– & will always serve as a memorial of your kindness. I received the plate of the Hadleigh Rectory safely & have restored it to the person who had lent it to me.

My daughter Fanny is now much better, & the inconveniences she was suffering from the fall seems to be entirely leaving her– She bids me give you her very kind regards & best thanks for the letters you forwarded to her– Indeed I am much gratified by all Josephs letters– They only confirm me mine & secure in the good opinion I had formed of him– & prove the zealous nature of his character in a way which must, in all human probability, satisfy everyone that in all human probability his future success is certain– I have busied myself lately in taking Wasps & Hornets nests for Sir W ^m. H's Museum– & have got some fine specimens now under process of drying & preparation– I am glad to hear that the accounts from Irstead are somewhat better today & hope & trust that it will please God to restore Miss Hooker to her health before long– Our Curator M ^r Murray at Cambridge jumped at the idea of obtaining Maritime plants from Yarmouth, & as I am going to Cambridge tomorrow for a couple of days I shall have some talk with him on the subject.–

With kind regards to Miss Turner from myself & family– believe me | Ever most truly y ^rs | J S Henslow