Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Information
Title
Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/142
Date
29 Mar 1875
Scope & content
Written from Pendock Rectory, Tewkesbury. Manuscript
He was very concerned to read of the death of Maw’s little child, while looking for that of his friend Hanbury [Daniel Hanbury, botanist] which he had heard of the day before and knew would appear in the column of deaths; he feels sincerely for Mrs Maw [Frederica Mary Maw] and for Harriet [Harriet Anne Hooker, botanical artist, his daughter], who will see it abroad and be touched; he hopes that the other children have pulled through; at his friend Symonds’ [William Samuel Symonds, geologist] suggestion, he has brought his son Brian for a geological tour, to remain until Thursday; it is the first good outing he has had since he was with Maw, and it has done him good; he has eaten more in the past two days than at any time since he was in Marocco [Morocco]; he has a nice drawing of the draboid plant, but without the fruit its genus cannot be determined; he asks if Maw can get its flower, and from that the fruit; he sends his sincere regrets to Mrs Maw. Dated 29 Mar, no year [1875; the subject matter matches letters written in Mar 1875]