WCP1401

Letter (WCP1401.1180)

[1]

1008 H Street,

Washington City.

Feb. 24. 1887

Dr. Alfred Russell[sic] Wallace,

Dear Sir:— I send you a copy of my book on the land question.

We have invited a few friends to meet you on the evening of Tuesday next, the 1st proximo, from 8 to 11 o’clock, when wife and I expect to enjoy the pleasure of your company.1

She joins me in hoping that you are well.

With Respect | Very Sincerely Yours | W[illia]m. A[ddison]. Phillips2 [signature]

P.S. Please excuse the [yellow] bookmark on the fly leaf. It was the copy I had in my library, which I will replace.

1
ARW would meet them on 1 March as well as on many other occasions in Washington and Salina, Kansas (a town which Phillips founded in 1858).
2
Colonel William Addison Phillips (1824-1893). Phillips was born in Paisley, Scotland but moved to America when he was 15. In America he worked as a correspondent whilst studying law and was called to the Bar in Kansas in 1855. Three years later he founded the town of Salina, Kansas. He served in the army during the Civil War (as a Colonel) and after entered Congress for Kansas from 1873 to 1879. After serving with Cherokee Indians in the war he continued to take an interest in their affairs.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1401.1180)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lester, Ahren [2013-06-05]

Please cite as “WCP1401,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1401