From Frances Harriet Hooker [27 January 1865]1
My dear Mr. Darwin—
I am sorry to say that Joseph must give up his visit to you tomorrow— instead of being better, as he wrote you word yesterday,2 he is worse, & seems to have a regular attack of influenza, so that he certainly cannot leave home tomorrow—
He bids me say how sorry he is—especially as he had hoped to have seen your boys at home for the holidays—3
With kind regards to Mrs. Darwin,4 believe me | yours afftly. F H Hooker
Kew— W—
Friday
We have just heard that Dr. Falconer is very ill—with rheumatic fever & bronchitis—5 They are very anxious about him—
Footnotes
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Summary
J. D. Hooker will not be able to visit CD because of ill health.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4879
- From
- Frances Harriet Henslow/Frances Harriet Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 104: 231–2
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4879,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4879.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
