WCP3565

Letter (WCP3565.3464)

[1]1

Rosehill, Dorking

Nov[ember]. 10th. 1876

Dear Sir

I shall be happy to preface a lecture for the Royal Geographical Society to be delivered next Spring. The title I sh[oul]d. propose would be "The Comparative Antiquity of Continents, as indicated by the distribution of Living and Extinct Animals."

I remain| Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

H. W. Bates Esq.

Assis[tan]t. Sec[retary]. R[oyal]. Geog[raphcal].

Society

[2]2

WALLACE, Alfred Russel

Nov[ember]. 10. 1876

A. R. Wallace

Will be happy to deliver a lecture in the Spring

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The word ‘General’ has been written in the top left-hand corner of the page. It is not ARW’s hand-writing and has probably been added for filing purposes
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The second page of this correspondence commences with a file reference noting the correspondent’s name written in capitals. The subsequent text — written in another hand — is a note on the content of ARW’s letter. This information in placed in the top, right-hand, corner of the page

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Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2013-01-17]

Please cite as “WCP3565,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3565