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WCP2266

Letter (WCP2266.2156)

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Zoological Society of London,

11, Hanover Square,

London, W.

Feb. 1st 1871

Dear Mr. Wallace

Dresser1 agrees to give you a copy of the B. of E.2 and we have no doubt you can help us by a notice or two in Nature3 &c. when opportunity offers.

Very truly yours | R B Sharpe4 [signature]

1
Dresser, Henry Eeles (1838-1915). British businessman and ornithologist.
2
Dresser, H. E. (Henry Eeles) et al. 1871-1896. A History of the Birds of Europe, Including All the Species Inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region. Nine volumes.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1871. Review [of A History of the Birds of Europe by Sharpe and Dresser]. Nature 3: 505.
4
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1847-1909). British ornithologist and museum curator. Founder of the British Ornithologists' Club in 1892.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP2266.2156)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Newman-Plotnick, Harry [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie [2020-12-17] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2266,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2266