From J. D. Hooker [26 January 1865]1
Kew
Thursday
Dr Darwin
John Scott has arrived at Calcutta after 116 days passage!2—with the plants he took out in capital order—3 Anderson has given him an appt. of £240 per annum at Dajeeling! on the spot.4
I am just out of bed having had a threat of Influenza, which has been expelled by Dovers powder.5
I shall take the 4pm. train on Saturday from Charing X. it arrives at Bromley 4.49.6
Ever yrs affec | J D Hooker
I shall dine before I leave.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
John Scott has arrived in Calcutta and has been given an appointment by Thomas Anderson.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4754
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 7
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4754,” accessed on 16 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4754.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13