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WCP1728

Letter (WCP1728.1611)

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Holly House, Barking. E.

Jany. 15th. 1871

Dear Sclater1

I send you copy of the essential parts of the "Extracts" I read at the last meeting of the Society. Will you please propose them for publication in the "Proceedings"2 at the Committee of Publications.

Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Sclater, Philip Lutley (1829-1913). British lawyer, zoologist and ornithologist, secretary to the Zoological Society of London.
2
Wallace, Alfred R. 1871. Extracts of Letters addressed to him by Mr. John Wallace, concerning certain Californian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1871: 1-2. The extracts are printed in the report of the ZSL meeting of 3 Jan. 1871.

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Transcribed by Royce, Isobel [2013-05-16] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2019-12-20] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1728,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1728