<persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H9236694 https://viaf.org/viaf/198146998388318941056">Mrs Hooker</persName> begs me to present<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="3v" />her most sincere regards <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& respects to you, & to assure <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you how deeply she feels <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the kind & flattering mention <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you make of her. She is <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to me an invaluable wife, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& worthy of the kind mention <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you always make of her <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />industry & love of knowledge. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Without her I should never <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />have been able to get through <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the calculations for my <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Indian observations, the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />means of which she computed <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />for me, besides preparing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mss</abbr> <expan>Manuscripts</expan> </choice> of the whole work <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />for the press, copying it out, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& correcting all the proof<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />-sheets three times.