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WCP1830

Letter (WCP1830.1720)

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9, St. Mark's Crescent

Regent's Park. N.W

Novr. 8th. 1868

Dear Sir1

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
Sharpey, William (1802-1880). British physiologist. Professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of London 1836-74 and secretary of the Royal Society 1853-71.
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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1830,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1830