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WCP3583

Letter (WCP3583.3482)

[1]1

Broadstone, Wimborne

Octr 31st. 1904

J. Scott Keltie Esq.2

Dear Mr. Keltie

I wish to make a request to the Council for the stone or plate (if it still exists) of the map of the Rio Negro, published by the Society in 1853 with my paper on that river.3 If they can let me have the use of it I will instruct my publisher, Messrs. Chapman & Hall to send for it when required, which will probably not be till some time next year, as the book it is to illustrate is not yet finished.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
In Keltie’s handwriting, “ack. Nov. 1. plate destroyed”. The letter has not been found.
2
Keltie, John Scott (1840-1927). Scottish geographer, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1853. On the Rio Negro. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 23: 212-217, 1 map.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3583.3482)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Pearson, Keon [2013-07-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3583,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3583