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WCP2983

Letter (WCP2983.2873)

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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS

"ROYAL INSTITUTION, LONDON"

TELEPHONE NO 3669 GERRARD.

ROYAL INSTITUTION, LONDON

4th June 1910

Dear Dr Russel Wallace

Will you be good enough to sign the enclosed Petition and thereby help the widow of a deceased Member of the Order of Merit.

With kindest regards | Yours truly — &c | James Dewar2 [signature]

P.S. I have got all the Royal Council and the best men in Oxford and of Cambridge to support the Petition.

1
Illegible scrawl over address.
2
Dewar, James (1842-1923). British chemist and physicist best known for his invention of the vacuum flask.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2983.2873)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sherwood, Danni [2020-06-09] Transcription checked by Lo, Yen [2020-10-30] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2983,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2983