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WCP3189

Letter (WCP3189.3157)

[1]1

LIMPSFIELD,

RAWLINSON ROAD,

OXFORD.

17.ix.99.

Dear Sir,

I should inform you that the efforts on behalf of Mr Harrison, to which you were kind enough to lend your signature, were successful.

£400 was raised to relieve a mortgage; £200 privately, £200 from Royal Bounty.

A pension of £51 has [2] been obtained, £25 from Royal Society and £26 from the Civil List.

With grateful thanks for your help, I am | faithfully yours | A M Bell2 [signature]

[3]3

1
In unknown handwriting, "B Harrison of Ignatham".
2
Bell, Alexander James Montgomerie (1845-1920). British classical scholar, schoolmaster, amateur anthropologist, natural historian and archaeologist.
3
In ARW’s handwriting, "A. M. Bell".

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3189.3157)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Crane, Megan [2015-04-07] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-07] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3189,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3189