WCP1830

Letter (WCP1830.1720)

[1]1

9, St. Mark's Crescent

Regent's Park. N.W

Nov.[embe]r. 8th. 1868

Dear Sir,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of yesterday, informing me that the President & Council had done me the honour to award me a Royal Medal,2 — and to inform you that I hope to be present at the day and hour named to receive the same.

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

W. Sharpey M.D.

Sec. Royal Society.

1
A later annotation adds at the bottom left-hand corner of the page adds "W. Sharpey M. D. Rec[eived]. Royal Society.
2
ARW received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of London on 30 November 1868. (see: Beccaloni, G. Alfred Russel Wallace's Royal Medal. The Alfred Russel Wallace Website. http://wallacefund.info/content/alfred-russel-wallaces-royal-medal> [accessed 25 June 2019].

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP1830.1720)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Pearson, Keon [2013-07-19] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20]

Please cite as “WCP1830,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1830