| Description | Letter to Hope Macdonald from J.C. Hook, Silverbeck, Churt, Farnham, Surrey, thanking her for a box of roots, planted in 'the Kepplestone border', Bryan's son suffering from his vaccination and teething, his intentions of doing a self-portrait for her 'but the fellow in the glass looked such an ugly dog', arrival of a box of reed roots from Mr. Coventry Patmore in Lymington, they will be good for thatching, working out of doors, though it is colder than usual, sorry to hear the Scottish harvest is poor, 21 October 1892 |