University of London, |Burlington House, W.
21 November 1857
My dear Henslow
Accept the assurance of M. rs C’s and my sincerest sympathy in your bereavement; and our hope and expectation that you will feel yourself supported under it by that large and deep assurance of the paternal care of an All-wise Creator, which […] [part of letter missing]
[overleaf] […] a set of Hooker’s specimens that there might be no difficulty in identifying the descriptions. The glance I took at it made me to believe that ten minutes will suffice you to dispose of it.
With kindest regards to Hooker & his wife, believe me to be
Yours most faithf y | William B Carpenter
Please cite as “HENSLOW-491,” in Ɛpsilon: The Correspondence of John Stevens Henslow accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/henslow/letters/letters_491