WCP1552

Letter (WCP1552.1331)

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Printing House Square E.C:

The Time: 1785

December 29, 1911

Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace

O.M.F.R.S.

Old Orchard

Broadstone

Wimborne

Dear Sir

The Editor of The Time's1 thanks you for your letter, which he is publishing. We have however not mentioned your name in connection with the Insurance Act1; but it appeared in a list of eminent men which was published in the Daily Mail2. We return the stamps.

I am dear sir | Yours faithfully | CH Birdmill [signature]

1
Presumably the National Insurance Act of 1911. An Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom.
2
Daily Mail. A British daily newspaper first published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1552.1331)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Keith, Willaim [2014-08-15] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-08-15] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Envelope (WCP1552.1441)

Envelope addressed to "Dr Alfred Russel Wallace O.M. FRS, Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne, Dorset" with stamp, postmarked "LONDON | DEC29 11E | 3.45 AM". Note in ARW's hand reads "Editor of 'The Times'." [Envelope (WCP1552.1441)]

Please cite as “WCP1552,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1552