WCP2605

Letter (WCP2605.2495)

[1]1

Leckhampton House,

Cambridge

March 19 / [18]942

My Dear Wallace

Your visit has left with us most pleasant memories, & we earnestly hope that it may be someday repeated!

Thankyou for '[2 words illeg.]' & for the [4 letters illeg]3 Controls, w[hich]. I [1 word illeg.] to be returned sometime. My Wife4 was greatly pleased [o]f[?] your compliments on her photographs, — & wishes that she w[ould].[?] have added y[ou]rs[?] to her collection! I am very sorry for your asthma! I hope that your better air has removed it. [2] House[?]-asthma is a dreadful bore!

With warmest regards from both of us, | Yours always sincerely | F W H Myers5 [signature]

1
Page numbered 292 in pencil in top RH corner.
2
Year deduced from birth and death dates of author.
3
Four illegible letters (or symbols) written in LH margin before "Controls" on the same line. The control was the medium in the Spiritual World, who would obtain information from the spirit that was communicating, then pass it on through the Earthly medium to the sitter.
4
Myers, Eveleen Tennant (1856-1937). English photographer. Married Frederic William Henry Myers (see Endnote 5) in 1880.
5
British Museum stamp.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2605.2495)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-04-01] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-01] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2605,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2605