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WCP3087

Letter (WCP3087.3055)

[1]

Philadelphia,

May 25, 1870

Messrs. McMillan & Co.

London

Gentlemen

I have taken the liberty to address to your care — a small package for Mr. Wallace — (author of "Malayan Archipelago."1) which I beg you will put in the way of reaching him. I send it by mail — postage paid. It contains two American school atlases — sent for samples of maps — for use in representing the facts of geographical distribution.

Yours Truly | John H. Redfield2 [signature]

1
Wallace, A. R. 1869. The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. London: Macmillan and Co. Two volumes.
2
Redfield, John Howard (1815-1895). American botanist, conchologist, and businessman. He was a founder of the Botany section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3087.3055)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Beros, Matt [2020-03-19] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-03-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3087,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3087