Letter, from [William Jackson] Hooker to [Charles] May, dated at Glasgow
Reference number: HS/9/447
Date: 18 October 1833
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Refers to the necessity in obtaining the Socotrine aloe [Aloe perryi] plant either living of carefully preserved from the Cape of Good Hope.
- Reference number
- HS/9/447
- Earliest possible date
- 18 October 1833
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Jackson Hooker
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William Jackson Hooker, Sir; William Jackson Hooker, Letter, from [William Jackson] Hooker to [Charles] May, dated at Glasgow, 18 October 1833, HS/9/447, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_447/letter-from-william-jackson-hooker-to-charles-may-dated-at-glasgow, accessed on 12 October 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
1819-1871 Reference number: HS/9
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William Jackson Hooker
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