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Liverpool 5 am [c.1877]
Dearest Hyacinth *1
I cannot sleep, & so have been writing a few directions to Willy [William Henslow
Hooker] as to the newspapers &c. which I forgot when I left.
Please leave a note for Mr [William Thiselton] Dyer -- that I hunted in the office for a
Camera that Strachey had lent to Harriet -- & have brought away the wrong thing -viz, a small square mahogany box, with what I take to be a camera for a
[[2]] microscope.
Ever my darling | your affectionate | J. D. Hooker [Signature]
It is packed away in my big box which I cannot get to & so will take it on with me.
ENDNOTES
1. Lady Hyacinth Hooker née Symonds later Jardine (1843--1921). Joseph Hooker's
second wife, they married in 1876.
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