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WCP3271

Letter (WCP3271.3239)

[1]1

FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM.

CAMBRIDGE.

Mar 17 1909

Dear Dr Wallace,

I am sorry to hear that you will not be coming to the Darwin Celebration2 here next June, though I can well understand your preference for your own quiet garden. My brother3 talks of coming over, with this Celebration as an excuse, if his doctor does not forbid it – and I imagine he will want to run down to Broadstone to see you.

If you have retained the manuscript of your address to the [2] Linnean Society last year would you be willing to send it for exhibition at Christ's College with various relics of Darwin? If you have parted with it please do not trouble to reply.

I am, with very kind regards, | Yours sincerely, | Sydney C. Cockerell4 [signature]

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1
In ARW’s handwriting, "Sent Mss & Letters. March 22nd ".
2
On 22-24 June 1909, over 400 scientists and dignitaries from 167 different countries gathered at Cambridge to celebrate the centenary of Darwin's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species.
3
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison (1866-1948). Brother of Sydney Carlyle Cockerell. British-born American zoologist, taxonomist, and museum curator. ARW referred him as the 'Slugophilite'.
4
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle (1867-1962). British bibliophile and collector of medieval manuscripts. Celebrated Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 1909-1937.
5
In ARW’s handwiritng, “Syd Cockerell”.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3271.3239)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2015-02-24] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-02-24] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3271,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3271