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WCP3512

Letter (WCP3512.3402)

[1]1

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne.

Decr 23rd 1908

Messrs. Macmillan & Co.2

Dear Sirs

I enclose P. Order for 6/- in payment of Dr. Gamble's3 "Animal Life."-4

I thank you for your kind present of Mr. Allcroft's5 "Earthworks of England",6which seems to be a very valuable & interesting work.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Date stamped “24 DEC 1908”; “Receipt sent 24/12/08 and encircled in red pencil, “6/-”.
2
Macmillan, Frederick Orridge (1851-1936). Eldest son of Daniel Macmillan, a founding partner in the bookselling and publishing firm of Macmillan & Co.
3
Gamble, Frederick William (1869-1926). Mason professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in the University of Birmingham.
4
Gamble, Frederick William. 1908. Animal Life. London: Smith, Elder, & Co.
5
Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian (1865-1929). British classical scholar.
6
Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian. 1908. Earthwork of England, prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and mediaeval... Illustrated with plans, sections, &c. London: Macmillan & Co.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3512.3402)]

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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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3512,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3512