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[1877] *1
Station Hotel
Liverpool
10. 30 pm
Dearest Hyacinth *2
We had a pleasant railway journey down, but I was terribly regretting your absence &
feeling so selfish & envying Strachey *3 -- We got here in very good time. & are in a
gigantic Hotel enormously high up. I am very hungry & have ordered a grilled fowl &
tea.
The post goes at 11 so I have little time to write. This will be my last letter darling
from this side of the Atlantic! Mrs. Strachey *3 was so grateful for the Bananas & it
would have done you good to have
[[2]] seen how she & her husband *4 enjoyed them.
Please tell Mr. Smith to have my roses tied to the stakes -- they are all loose.
With love to all & best regards to your Cousin[?]
Ever your affectionate love | J D Hooker [signature]
Pray take & arrange mount these autographs any way you like but do not so put them
up that they cannot be sorted. Besides the loose ones there is a bundle tied round
with tape or string in the drawer.
ENDNOTES
1. This letter is not dated, but Hooker went to the USA with the Strachey's in 1877.
2. Lady Hyacinth Hooker, neé Symonds then Jardine (1843 --1921). Joseph
Hooker's second wife, they married in 1876.
3. Lady Jane Strachey (1840 -- 1928), wife of Sir Richard, was a well known author
and supporter of women's suffrage.
4. Lieutenant--General Sir Richard Strachey GCSI, FRS (1817--1908), was a British
soldier and Indian administrator. He spent most of his life in India chiefly employed
with public works.
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