Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 74.11.30

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1874-11-30. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1870-9/1874/74-11-30-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS black-edged.
Kew Nov 30/74
My dear Mueller
The papers will have announced to you the dreadful stroke I have sustained in the loss of my beloved wife.
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Francis Harriet Hooker née Henslow died on 13 November 1874.
— the sharer of all my toils Official, Scientific, Social & domestic.
Under the circumstances you will I am sure excuse me from saying any thing more.
But believe me
as Ever
Most sincerely yr
Jos. D. Hooker.