WCP2637

Letter (WCP2637.2527)

[1]1, 2

Kinnaird

Pitlochry

16 Sept[ember]. 1882

My dear Sir,

How have you managed with the Sellar affair? — I made some slight alteration, so as to avoid all possible ambiguity; and come what will a second edition. But of course3 [2] course what they want is to falsify history; and that I will not do. Be so kind as let me know what your disciple has done.

I hope you received my volumes of Clearance Pamphlets which I requested not Dr Milittle[?] to send to you. When you are done with them, be so good as return them to my address

No. 9. Douglas Crescent

Edinburgh

I shall [3]4 I shall be here till 1st October.

Sincerely yours | John S. Blackie[signature]

[4]5

1
R Blackey is written in the upper left hand corner.
2
50 is written in the upper right hand corner.
3
46640. is written vertically along the edge of the lower left hand corner.
4
51 is written in the upper right hand corner.
5
R. H. Blackie written by hand alongside a British Museum stamp on blank page.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2637.2527)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-04-16] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-16] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2637,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2637