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WCP1605

Letter (WCP1605.1384)

[1]

Private

22 June 1882.

Dear Sir

Sir Thomas Brassey1 desires me to thank you for your observations on the storage of gunpowder forwarded [2] by Mr. Wedderburn.2

Enclosed is a memorandum3 by the Director of Naval ordnance4 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. Lambert5 [signature]

A. R. Wallace Esq. &c. &c. &c.

1
Brassey, Thomas (1836-1918). British Liberal Party politician.
2
Wedderburn, David (1835-1882). British politician. 3rd Baronet.
3
The memorandum referred to is WCP1605_E1550.
4
Herbert , Frederick Anstruther (1827-1911). Officer in the Royal Navy. Entered navy in 1841. Retired Admiral in 1892.
5
Lambert, George Thomas (1838-1918). Private Secretary to Sir Thomas Brassey.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1605.1384)]

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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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

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 submerged 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 [illeg.] the idea seems worthy of attention and Mr. Wallace1 [4] might address the War Office on the subject after informing himself as to the present service powder cases.

F. A. Herbert2

20.6.82

1
This memorandum was enclosed in WCP1605_L1384
2
Herbert, Frederick Anstruther (1827-1911). Officer in the Royal Navy. Entered navy in 1841. Retired Admiral in 1892.

Editorial information

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

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-06] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-06] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1605