WCP3511

Letter (WCP3511.3401)

[1]1

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne.2

Dec[embe]r. 19th. 1908

Messrs Macmillan & Co

Dear Sirs3

Please send me a copy of A.H. Allcroft's4 "Earthwork of England — 1[?]8s./ net.5, 6

Also — Dr. Gamble's7 Introduction to the Study of Nat[ural]. History8 — (Smith Elder 6/- net.9

and charge same to my account.

Yours very truly10 | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]11, 12

1
"118" written in lead pencil in an unknown hand at the top right of the page.
2
Date "21 DEC 1908" stamped in purple ink to the left of and partly across the address.
3
, "726" written in blue pencil in and unknown hand to the right of "Dear Sirs".
4
Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian (1865-1929).
5
Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian. (1908). Earthwork of England, prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and mediaeval... Illustrated with plans, sections, &c.: Macmillan & Co., London.
6
"Present (J.M.)" written vertically in the left margin above two vertical lines marking the text "a copy of...net."
7
Gamble, Frederick William, (1869-1926). Mason professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in the University of Birmingham.
8
Error for Gamble, Frederick William. (1908). Animal Life. Smith, Elder & Co., London.
9
"Buy in (J.M.)" written vertically in the left margin above two vertical lines marking the text "Also Dr. Gamble's...6/- net."
10
Illegible word or initials in lead pencil at an angle over the "Y" in "Yours".
11
"Animal Life | 6/- net." written in pencil below Wallace's signature, in an unknown hand, possibly the same as in the vertical annotations initialled "J.M."
12
Each of the first two paragraphs of the letter has been crossed through by a vertical slash in black pencil.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3511.3401)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lucas, Paula [2014-02-24] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-25] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3511,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 12 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3511