JDH informs Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer that he must stay at the Hodgson's until the following Monday. JDH may need to send him a cheque to sign during the extended absence. JDH finds that [Brian Houghton] Hodgson has changed, his memory is poor and he has a cough & bad knee, he may go to Mentone for his health in the winter. The train journey brought back JDH's ear ache but it has passed again.
Letter details
Record number
JHC449
From
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date
20 October 1885
Sent from
Alderley Grange, Wotton Under Edge, [Gloucestershire, United Kingdom]