WCP3627

Letter (WCP3627.3528)

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It will be absolutely necessary for me to follow your classification, which I have no doubt will be the classification for a long time to come.

This sentence from the letter was cited in the catalogue entry of Christie's auction of 11 November 1998, Lot 32, where the letter was sold.

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3627.3528)]

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Transcribed by Beccaloni, George [2024-11-28]

Please cite as “WCP3627,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3627

No summary available.

Record number: WCP3627
Item number: 3528
From: Alfred Russel Wallace
To: William Henry Flower
Date: 2 February 1873
Sent from: The Dell, Grays, Essex, England
Sent to: [none given]
Source of text: Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers (auction)
Physical description: Letter, page(s) currently missing, ? pp. of contemporary text
Hand: Handwritten in the author’s hand and signed by author
Language: English
General notes: Sold at Christie's auction of 11 November 1998, Lot 32. Sold again at Bonhams auction of 15 July 2004. Auction 11388, Lot 86. No images obtained.