[[1]]
August 27 / [18]90
The Camp.
Sunningdale.
My dear Mrs Gunn*1
My cousin Inglis*2 has written to me about your difficulties as to the disposal of
my dear uncle[']s*3 Geological mss[manuscripts?], & it has struck me as very
possible that Mr Woodward would them, especially if he could have some little
reimbursement for his time -- you have no doubt seen the brief notice that he
wrote to the Geological Journal?. & being a Norfolk man man & sympathetic &
and ardent admirer of your husband, would, if he did undertake it, do it well.
[[2]] Lady [Hyacinth] Hooker is at Worthing with two of the children & would
join me in kindest regards
Most Loving[ly] Y[ou]r[s] | Jos D Hooker [signature]
ENDNOTES
1. Harriet Gunn née Turner, Joseph Hooker's maternal aunt.
2. Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827--1919). British economist. Joseph
Hooker's cousin. Son of Francis Palgrave and Elizabeth Turner; Joseph
Hooker's maternal aunt.
3. Reverend John Gunn (1801--1890). Amateur naturalist especially
interested in geology with great knowledge of the geology of East Anglia.
Founder and first President of the Norwich Geological Society. Joseph
Hooker's Uncle: husband of Harriet Gunn née Turner, Joseph Hooker's
maternal aunt.
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