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WCP3510

Letter (WCP3510.3400)

[1]1

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY),

CROMWELL ROAD,

LONDON: S. W.

Dec. 5. 1908

Dear Dr. Wallace

If your publisher will send me a copy of your book2 on Richard Spruce,3 I should much like to notice it in my Journal of Botany.

Yours vy truly, | James Britten [signature]

411£ | 54 Hatton Garden E. C.4

1
Oval stamp, “G.B.M.”, date stamped “8 DEC 1908”.
2
Wallace, A. R. ed. 1908. Richard Spruce. Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes. London: Macmillan & Co. Two volumes.
3
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). British botanist, explorer and collector in the Amazon; lifelong friend of ARW.
4
In unknown handwriting.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3510.3400)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-24] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-25] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3510,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3510