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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector   13 Jan 1894

Private

13/1/94.

This day, dear Sir James, I received much to my surprise and with much sadness the enclosed letter from Mrs Brian Hooker.1 I lost entirely sight of him even in correspondence for several years, and had no idea of his distress. I wrote to Mrs Hooker, that I would communicate with you, and advised her also to let her husband communicate with Prof Ulrich of Dunedin. I told her further, that if her consort did not get on, I would send some little temporary help, but that this could not be much as I have no contingencies vote whatever since 1892, so that these to the extent of several hundred £ have to come out of my Salary. Private property I have none, as all I had was sunk in my researches and service through life. I pointed out also to her that Mr Hooker through his illustrious father had the highest claims for consideration on N.Z.

Regardfully always your Ferd von Mueller

I never met Mrs Brian Hooker to my knowledge.

1

S. Hooker to M, 5 January 1894.

2

MS black-edged; M's nephew, George Ferdinand Doughty, had died on 19 November 1893.

Please cite as “FVM-94-01-13,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/94-01-13