WCP6348

Lettersheet (WCP6348.7343)

[1]

T[rinity] C[ollege] D[ublin].

23 May [1853]1

My dear Hook[er]. fil[ius]2.

I find these Hepaticae among the New Zealand Greenosperms [sic] which I have just finished. Send them to Mitten3, that's a good kitten!

Yours aff[ectionatel]y | W.H.H. [signature]

[2]4

Joseph D. Hooker Esq[.] M.D.

Kew

W.H.H. [signature]

1
"1853" has been added as a pencil annotation by a later hand.
2
Lat. for son. Refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker as the son of William Jackson Hooker and his successor as the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3
Mitten, William (1819-1906). Father-in-law of ARW; chemist and authority on bryophytes.
4
Postmark of 23 May 1853 in the upper right-hand corner of page 2.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Lettersheet (WCP6348.7343)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20]

Please cite as “WCP6348,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6348