WCP3638

Letter (WCP3638.3539)

[2]¹^,² appear in a local Mag. with I presume a very limited circulation.

I do not know to what circumstance I owe the honour of your communication, as I do not remember ever have had the pleasure of meeting you.

I remain | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Incomplete letter to Edward Alloway Pankhurst.

Pankhurst, Edward Alloway (1839-1912). Chairman of Museum Committee, Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3638.3539)]

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Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-12-17] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3638,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3638

Thanking Pankhurst for an article on the origins of language.

Record number: WCP3638
Item number: 3539
From: Alfred Russel Wallace
To: Edward Alloway Pankhurst
Date: 1865-1869
Sent from: 9 St Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park, London, N.W., England
Sent to: [none given]
Source of text: Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers (auction)
Physical description: Letter, page(s) currently missing, 1+? pp. of contemporary text
Hand: Handwritten in the author’s hand and signed by author
Language: English