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WCP2940

Letter (WCP2940.2830)

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Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

Office of the Permanent Honorary Secretary.

J.H. MAIDEN, Permanent Honorary Secretary,

Office, Royal Society's House.

Sydney, N. S. W. 17th. May 1909

Dear Sir,

I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying resolution unanimously and enthusiastically passed by this Association at its recent general meeting held at Brisbane.

With much respect and all good wishes,

Yours sincerely | J. H. Maiden2 [signature]

Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace O.M., F.R.S.

Broadstone,

Dorset,

England

1
In ARW’s handwriting, "Answd."
2
Maiden, Joseph Henry (1859–1925). Director of the Botanic Gardens and New South Wales Government Botanist 1896. Founder of the National Herbarium, Sydney 1901.

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Enclosure (WCP2940.8124)

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Enclosure

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

Office of the Permanent Honorary Secretary.

J. H. MAIDEN, Permanent Honorary Secretary,

Office, Royal Society's House.

Sydney, N. S. W.

17. 5. 1909

"This Association offers to Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace its congratulations on the attainments of the jubilee of the Origin of Species,1 jointly introduced by Dr Charles Darwin2 and himself."

True copy.

J. H. Maiden3 [signature]

1
Darwin, C. R. 1859. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: John Murray.
2
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).
3
Maiden, Joseph Henry (1859–1925). Director of the Botanic Gardens and New South Wales Government Botanist 1896. Founder of the National Herbarium, Sydney 1901.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP2940.8124)]

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

Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2020-05-26] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2940,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2940