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WCP1746

Letter (WCP1746.1630)

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5, Westbourne Grove Terrace, W.

Friday morning [1862-1865]1

My dear Dr. Sclater2

I have not left my room since I was at the Meeting last Tuesday week or should have seen you before this. I hope I shall be well enough to come next Tuesday. Do you know any one who has skins of Paradiseas? I should like to borrow Epim. magnus, Astrap. nigra, P. sexsetacea & P. superba to complete [2] the set I think of exhibiting.

I should like much to see the Baijermassing bird & will call as soon as I can get out.

I shall hope to show you my novelties next week.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P. L. Sclater Esq.

1
ARW lived there with his brother-in-law Thomas Sims and his sister from April 1862- March 1865.
2
Sclater, Philip Lutley (1829-1913). British lawyer, zoologist and ornithologist, secretary to the Zoological Society of London.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP1746.1630)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Knott, Peter [2012-02-16] Transcription checked by Hill, Jenny [2012-04-17] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Barton, Michael [2019-02-25] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1746,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1746