WCP2500

Letter (WCP2500.2390)

[1]1

[No address]2

Mar. 13. 1911

Dear Sir,

I hasten to add my personal thanks to the official acknowledgement that goes to you for the gift of your book to our Literary Reading Room where it will be a source of instruction and also stimulus [2] to all our pupils.

I shall not forget to give you a share of any striking novelty that may come to us of these many Eastern Primulas3.

I am truly | Isaac Bayley Balfour4 [signature]

Alfred R. Wallace E[sq]

O. M. D. C. L. F. R. S

1
"Isaac B Balfour" written in pencil at top centre.
2
There is no written address. The seal of the Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh is at top LH corner of page.
3
A genus of mainly herbaceous flowering plants in the family Primulaceae.
4
British Museum stamp.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2500.2390)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-03-18] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-18] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2500,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2500