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WCP3639

Letter (WCP3639.3542)

[1]

Foreign Office.

September 6. 1853.

Sir,1

I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon2 to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday’s date, stating that Mr Wallace will be unable to proceed on his scientific expedition to the Eastern Archipelago until November next, and I am to inform you in reply that Lord Clarendon has referred your letter to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. I am further to transmit to you copies of despatches from Her Majesty’s Representatives at Madrid

The Secretary To the Royal Geographical Society [2] Madrid and the Hague by which you will perceive that the necessary facilities have been accorded by the Spanish and Netherland Governments to Mr. Wallace to enable that Gentleman to visit the Dutch and Spanish settlements in the Eastern Seas.

I am, Sir, | your most obedient, humble servant, | H. U. Addington3 [signature]

1
Shaw, Henry Norton (d. 1868). British Royal Navy Surgeon and Diplomat; Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London 1849-63.
2
Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870). Lord Clarendon; British diplomat and statesman; Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1852 and 1870.
3
Addington, Henry Unwin (1790-1870). British diplomat and civil servant.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3639.3542)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Brunnen, Claire [2012-08-13] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-03-01] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3639,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3639