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WCP3146

Letter (WCP3146.3114)

[1]

SAVILE CLUB,

107, PICCADILLY, W.

25/10/93

Dear Sir,

Mrs Bates1 & her son2 agree with me that there is no reason for retention of the letter "echoes of the past" as they must be to you. I therefore have pleasure in handing them to you herewith.

Yours faithfully | Edward Clodd3 [signature]

Alfred R. Wallace Esq. F. R. S.

[2]4

1
Bates (née Mason) Sarah Ann (1840-1897). Wife of Henry Walter Bates.
2
Bates’ second son was an electrical engineer. His two brothers were farmers in New Zealand.
3
Clodd, Edward (1840-1930). British banker, writer and anthropologist.
4
In ARW’s handwriting, “Ed. Clodd”.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3146.3114)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-01] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-01] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3146,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3146