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WCP3396

Letter (WCP3396.3364)

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Broadstone, Wimborne

Novr. 7th. 1906

Messrs Macmillan & Co.1

Dear Sir

I beg to say that I accept your offer as to terms of publication of Dr. Spruce’s2 Journal &c..3

I should wish to have 12 copies of the book,— that is 6 each for myself and Mr. Slater4— the Executor.

I will get on with the work as well as I can.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Macmillan, Frederick Orridge (1851-1936). Eldest son of Daniel Macmillan, a founding partner in the bookselling and publishing firm of Macmillan & Co.
2
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). British botanist, explorer and collector in the Amazon; lifelong friend of ARW.
3
Spruce, R. 1908. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and the Andes... During the Years 1849-1864. Two volumes. London: Macmillan & Co.
4
Slater, Matthew Bartendale (1829-1918). British bryologist and botanist. Founder of the Malton Field Naturalist and Scientific Society (1880).

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3396.3364)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Rosen, Gabriel [2013-07-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-16] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3396,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3396