WCP3575

Letter (WCP3575.3474)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.1

D.W. Freshfield Esq.

Dear Sir

I beg to thank the Council of the Royal Geographical Society2 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

Rec[ieved] Ap[ri]l 21

1
In the top right corner there is written the year "1892" and a circled "4".
2
A British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences.

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]

Please cite as “WCP3575,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3575