Ɛpsilon

WCP3121

Letter (WCP3121.3089)

[1]

San Francisco

June 13. 1887

Prof. Alfred R. Wallace

c/o Mr. John Wallace1

Stockton.

Dear Sir,

It would give Mrs. Stanford2 and myself much pleasure to have you spend the day, and stay over night with us, at our house in Menlo Park where we are staying for the Summer.3

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.4 [signature]

[3]5

1
Wallace, John (1818-1895). Brother of ARW; engineer and surveyor.
2
Stanford, (née Lathrop), Jane Elizabeth (1828-1905). Wife of Leland Amasa Stanford. One of the co-founders of Stanford University.
3
ARW visited Menlo Park on 20 June 1887.
4
Stanford, Amasa Leland (1824-1893). American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. Founder of Stanford University.
5
In pencil in unknown handwriting, “Leland Stanford (Odd Celeby)”.

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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3121,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3121