WCP2172

Letter (WCP2172.2062)

[1]1

The Time (of New York),

449 Strand, London.

Jan[uary] 8/[18]80

Dear Sir,

My Editor in New York is anxious to have from your pen an essay for The Times on The Plumage at American Birds or some cognate topic. I hope you will let me say that you will gratify this [2] wish. As regards honorarium, the Editor will gladly pay the highest terms you receive in England.

Awaiting your kind reply, | Yours Dear Sir, Yours Truly | Joseph Hatton [signature]2

Garrick Club

A. R. Wallace

1
The following paragraph is a newspaper cutting which appears above the salutation "The Times (of New York). — Communications for the English Correspondent should be addressed to Mr. Joseph Hatton, 14, Tichfield-terrace, Regent's Park, London, N.W. The Times (Daily, Bi-Weekly, and Weekly) can be obtained from Mr. Stevens, 4, Trafalgar-square; at the American Exchange, 419, Strand; or direct from the Office, New York. The Times has no travelling Agents. — Atheroma".
2
British Museum stamp.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2172.2062)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Dyke, Toby [2015-04-01] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-01] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2172,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2172