WCP3512

Letter (WCP3512.3402)

[1]1, 2

Old Orchard

Broadstone

Wimborne.

Dec[embe]r 23rd 1908

Messrs. Macmillan & Co.3, 4, 5

Dear Sirs6

I enclose P[ostal]. Order for 6/- in payment of Dr. Gamble's "Animal Life."6 -

I thank you for your kind present of Mr. Allcroft's "Earthworks of England", which seems to be a very valuable & interesting work.7

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
"119" written in lead pencil in an unknown hand above and to the right of the address.
2
An oval enclosing the letters "G.B.M." is stamped in very faint purple ink near the top of the page, partly covering the first line of the address.
3
"54" written in blue pencil in and unknown hand to the right of "Macmillan & Co."
4
Date "24 DEC 1908" stamped in purple ink below the handwritten number "54".
5
"6/-" inside a circle, written in red pencil in an unknown hand over the addressee, salutation and first paragraph.
6
"Receipt sent 24/12/08" written in black ink in an unknown hand beneath "Dear Sirs".
7
Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian. (1908). Earthwork of England, prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and mediaeval... Illustrated with plans, sections, &c.: Macmillan & Co., London.

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]

Please cite as “WCP3512,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 12 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3512