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WCP3575

Letter (WCP3575.3474)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

[21 April, 1892]1

D. W. Freshfield2 Esq.

Dear Sir

I beg to thank the Council of the Royal Geographical Society for the honour they have done me in awarding me the Founder’s Medal this year.

I shall have much pleasure in attending personally on the day named to receive the medal, but I beg to be excused from the dinner in the evening.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2]

1892

A. R. Wallace

Recd Apl 21

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See page 2.
2
Freshfield, Douglas William (1845-1934). British lawyer, mountaineer and geographer. President of the Royal Geographical Society (1897-1911).

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3575.3474)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Watkins Sophia [2012-08-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3575,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3575