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WCP3119

Letter (WCP3119.3087)

[1]

SANDHILLS,

WITLEY,

GODALMIND.

Sept. 19th 86

Dear Mrs Wallace1

I am so sorry not to have been able to see you yesterday: and especially that we shall not be able to accept your kind invitation. We have been intending all the [2] summer to take our chance of finding you at home some afternoon: and now I fear we have missed the pleasure of seeing Mr Wallace before he starts on his great journey2 —

[3] We have had an especially busy summer in various ways, or should not have missed our chance so unfortunately.

With kind regards & many thanks, & best wishes to Mr Wallace for a [4] successful voyage, (in which my husband would join were he here)

believe me dear Mrs Wallace | sincerely yours | Helen Allingham3 [signature]

Artist4

1
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.
2
ARW’s North American lecture tour spanned from October 1886 to August 1887.
3
Allingham (née Paterson), Helen Mary Elizabeth (1848-1926). British watercolour painter and illustrator. Wife of William Allingham.
4
In pencil in unknown handwriting, “Artist”.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3119.3087)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-03] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-03] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3119,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3119