WCP1605

Letter (WCP1605.1384)

[1]1

22 June 1882

Dear Sir

Sir Thomas Brassey2 desires me to thank you for your observations on the storage of gunpowder forwarded [2] by Mr. Wedderburn.

Enclosed is a memorandum by the Director of Naval ordnance on the subject, and a copy of the treatise on ammunition is [3] sent by Book Trust.

I am dear Sir, | faithfully yours | George T. Lambert [signature]

A. R. Wallace Esq[uire].& & &

1
Private written by hand in left hand side margin.
2
Brassey, Thomas, 1st Earl Brassey (1836-1918). British Liberal politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-06] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-06] Transcription checked by Bevan, Deniz [2015-03-03] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Enclosure (WCP1605.1550)

I think the writer should be referred in the first place to the Treatise on Ammunition — 1881 — p. 66, 67 &68, herewith, as to the present service powder cases — Even [2] if the proposal to keep powder cases such merged on the board ship were feasible, which is more than doubtful the question of the additional magazine space required would [3] make it impossible to carry out as the constructors could not give us the room.

For permanent depôts of powder like [1 word illeg.] the idea seems worthy of attention and Mr. Wallace [4] might address the War Office on the subject after informing himself as to the present service powder cases.

F. A. Herbert

20.6.82

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Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP1605.1550)]

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Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-06] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-06] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Envelope (WCP1605.1548)

Envelope addressed to "Alfred R. Wallace Esq., &c &c &c, Godalming", postmarked "LONDON | M | OFFICIAL PAID C | 22 JU 82". Admiralty Whitehall anchor logo stamped on front of envelope and signed "T. Brassey". Blue crayon note is written on front in ARW's hand: "Storage Gunpowder". [Envelope (WCP1605.1548)]

Please cite as “WCP1605,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1605