WCP3094

Form letter (WCP3094.3062)

[1]

50, Grosvenor Place,

20th July 1871.

6

Mr. and Mrs. W. Spottiswoode1 request the pleasure of Mr[?] Wallace's2 company on Friday 21st instant3 at 2.15p.m., to meet the Emperor of Brazil.4

1
Spottiswoode, William. (1825-1883). British mathematician and physicist. In 1861 he married Eliza Taylor Arbuthnot (1837-1894). They hosted regular salons, attended by leading scientists and politicians, at their house in Grosvenor Place.
2
The name is handwritten on printed dotted lines.
3
i.e. the next day.
4
Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1825-1891).

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Form letter (WCP3094.3062)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lungu, Anca [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Ghosh, Susan [2019-12-17] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3094,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3094