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WCP3110

Letter (WCP3110.3078)

[1]

Camden House

Dulwich

S.E.

June 10. 1882

Dear Sir

Our mutual friend Mr. Raphael Meldola1 has made frequent kind attempts to you in the pleasure of meeting you but then been unfortunately prevented by previous engagmt –

[2] May I ask you to do me the honour of coming to take a homely dinner [w]ith me here on the 14th inst. Wednesday next at 6.30?

Mr. Meldola says if you can come, he will [3] be delighted to give you a bed.

The trains to Dulwich are as follow:

from Victoria to Herne Hill 5. or 5.32.

from London Bridge to North Dulwich, close by, 5.21. or 6.3.

I do hope you will be able [4] to say ‘yes’.2

If you can, please send a card to Meldola at the same time.

Please also say whether you come by Herne Hill or North Dulwich & by what train.

Believe me | Dear Sir | most truly yrs | Charles Voysey3 [signature]

1
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
2
ARW’s reply is not found. See Voysey’s reply, WCP3111. https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3111
3
Voysey, Charles (1828-1912). Former priest of the Church of England who was condemned by the Privy Council for heterodoxy and went on to found a theist church. Father of Charles Francis Annesley.

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-03-04] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-04] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3110,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3110