WCP3121

Letter (WCP3121.3089)

[1]

San Francisco

June 13. 1887

Prof. Alfred R. Wallace

c/o Mr. John Wallace

Stockton.

Dear Sir,

It would give Mrs. Stanford1 and myself much pleasure to have you spend the day, and stay over night with us, at our house in Menlo Park2 where we are staying for the Summer.

If you will name the day and telegraph me in advance I will [2] send a carriage to meet you at the station.

I enclose a pass for yourself and Mr. John Wallace to travel over such portions of the State as you may wish to visit, and our Railroad may cover.

Very truly Yours | Leland Stanford.3 [signature]

[3]

Leland Stanford

(Odd Celeb[y])4

1
Jane Lathrop Stanford (1828-1905). She married Leland Stanford in 1850 and, with him, became one of the co-founders of Stanford University.
2
This is an affluent town in San Mateo County, California.
3
Leland Stanford (1824-1893). American industrialist and politician. Stanford made his fortune through railways. He acted as Governor of California from 1862-1862 and then later as Senator for California from 1885-1893. He also, with his wife, founded Stanford University (full name Leland Stanford Junior University) in 1891 in memory of his son who died in 1884
4
The writing on page 3 has been written in pencil in another hand.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3121.3089)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lester, Ahren [2013-05-17] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-05-17]

Please cite as “WCP3121,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3121