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WCP2280

Letter (WCP2280.2170)

[1]

84 Brook St

W.

Jan 19 1872

Sir, as secretary of the Royal Institution I have more than once been on the point of writing to ask you on the part of the managers to give either a single lecture or a course to the members.1

I venture now to ask you whether on the 26th of april [sic] you will be inclined to bestow on us an hours [sic] talk upon any [2] subject that may be agreeable to you[.]

There is no need to fix upon the subject until March, if you please; but I shall be glad to know whether you can give the Institution your assistance[.]

I am | Yr obedient Servant | H Bence Jones2 [signature]

[3]3

1
ARW never gave the proposed lecture at the Royal Institution, later noting in a letter to Edward Bagnall Poulton on 6 November 1908, "I declined a R. Institutn lecture about 30 or 40 years ago." (WCP4439.4728).
2
Jones, Henry Bence (1813-1873). British physician and chemist. Secretary of the Royal Institution 1860-72.
3
In pencil in ARW’s handwriting, “Bence Jones”.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2015-04-08] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-08] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-09-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2280,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2280