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WCP1398

Letter (WCP1398.1177)

[1]1

Salem Mass[achusetts].

Aug 10. 86.

My dear Sir.

Some months ago a letter from Mr. George2 informed me of your contemplated visit to this country and I have done what little I could in the way of suggesting engagements for you.

[2 words illeg.] much pleasure in the course of Lowell Lectures you are [2 words illeg.] in Boston this fall. Your audience will be a very keen and intelligent one. I hope to arrange for a lecture for you in Salem which is but half an hours run from Boston.

With this mail I beg to send you [2] a few of my papers some of them old and one of them enriched by your famous researches on Protective Coloration.

In Omori shell mound memoir is a gift from the university of Tokio and in return if you have any memoirs in [illeg.] I should be pleased to forward them to the university Library from you.

With great respect | I remain | Vy faithfully yrs | Edward S. Morse3 [signature]

1
In ARW’s hand “Answd.”
2
George, Henry (1839-1897). American writer, politician and political economist.
3
Morse, Edward Sylvester (1838-1925). American zoologist and director of the Peabody Museum, Salem, USA.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1398.1177)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Clark, Andrew David [2014-07-31] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP1398,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1398