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WCP3095

Letter (WCP3095.3063)

[1]

11 Hanover Square

18 Nov [1871?]1

My dear Mr Wallace

I send you a photograph of myself in the hopes that you will be able to spare me one of yourself to adorn my Book of Worthies –

I am in the [illeg.] of starting for the sunny south — Nice & Italy &c as I am advised to spend this winter abroad[.] [2] I spent a few days with Lord Walden2 this week & am glad to find that he is gradually taking to his favourite pursuits — the best he could have to wean him from his great loss—

yours very truly | Y. C. [illeg.]3 [signature]

1
In inknown handwriting.
2
Hay, Arthur (1824-1878). British army officer and ornithologist. Ninth marquess of Tweeddale, Scotland. Known before 1862 as Lord Arthur Hay and between 1862 and 1876 as Viscount Walden.
3
The author has not been identified.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3095.3063)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-03-04] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-03-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3095,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3095