To J. D. Hooker [1 March 1847]1
Shrewsbury
Monday
My dear Hooker
I am so unwell I cannot start from here tomorrow; but if you are still in London, I will come to you to Breakfast on Thursday Morning; I propose this because if I do not appear by 9 oclock you will understand I am unwell & this may save you a walk in vain.2
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Dated from the reference to CD’s return from Shrewsbury, see n. 2, below.
It is not clear whether Hooker and CD met on Thursday, 4 March, although CD certainly passed through London on his return from Shrewsbury (see letter to Charles Lyell, [7 March 1847]). The letter from J. D. Hooker, [1 March 1847], indicates that Hooker returned to Kew on the Tuesday before CD’s visit to London, and the letter to J. D. Hooker, [14 March 1847], suggests they did not meet, since CD was still eager to visit Hooker to discuss some points relating to his species theory.
Summary
Illness has delayed his departure. Will try to call on JDH on Thursday.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1068
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Shrewsbury
- Source of text
- DAR 114: 81
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp & C
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1068,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
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