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1885 *1
Friday afternoon
Athenaeum Club Pall Mall
Dearest Hyacinth *2
I have just been at the Board but the papers alluded to by Lord Iddesleigh *3 have
not been as yet forwarded by the Treasury. It is very awkward as I should answer
Lord Iddesleigh's letter & until know [I] what he has done for me I cannot express any
gratitude for any thing substantial. There
[[2]] was a fine eulogy of Huxley *4 & myself in yesterdays Times & some other paper
that I have not seen -- Of course you have seen today[']s "Standard".
Huxley is to have £300 from the Queen's Pension Fund in addition to his £1200. My
hopes do not rise high at the same.
I shall come down by the 1. 5 train tomorrow from Richmond.
[[3]] ever y[ou]r loving[?] | J. D. Hooker [signature]
ENDNOTES
1. Year added in pencil, possibly at later date.
2. Lady Hyacinth Hooker, née Symonds then Jardine (1843--1921), Joseph Hooker's
second wife, they married in 1876.
3. Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl Iddesleigh (1818--1887), British politician and
First Lord of the Treasury at the time of the letter.
4. Thomas Henry Huxley (1825--1895) English biologist.
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