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WCP3552

Letter (WCP3552.3449)

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Parkstone, Dorset.

Jany. 11th. 1893

The Librarian Royal Geog. Society.

Dear Sir1

Will you be so good as to send me the earliest volume of Sir T. Mitchell’s2 Explorations in New South Wales3 — that describing his explorations on the East side of the Blue mountains is what I especially want. Also any general account of the Geology of New South Wales, if you have such.

I also want to see — if you have it — Professor J. D. Whitney’s4 "Yosemite Guide Book",5 or failing this, any other good account of the valley. Also any book you have giving and account of the Geology [2] of California.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Mill, Hugh Robert (1861-1950). British geographer and meteorologist.
2
Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone (1792-1855). Scottish-born Australian surveyor and explorer.
3
Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone. 1839. Three expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. London: T. & W. Boone.
4
Whitney, Josiah Dwight (1819-1896). Geologist and Professor at Harvard University.
5
Whitney, Josiah Dwight. 1869. The Yosemite guide book: A description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California. Published by authority of the legislature. New York: Julius Bien.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3552.3449)]

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Transcribed by Wong, Jennifer [2012-08-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

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