WCP3644

Letter (WCP3644.3547)

[1]

Foreign Office.

February 9. 1854

Sir,

I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon1 to inform you that the destination of Her Majesty’s Ship Frolic has been changed, and that a Passage cannot therefore be given in that Vessel to Mr Wallace.

I am, | Sir, | your most obedient | humble Servant | Wodehouse [signature]

The Secretary to

The Royal Geographical Society.

&c &c &c

[2]2

1
Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870). Lord Clarendon; British diplomat and statesman; Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1852 and 1870.
2
An annotation in ink on page 2 of the letter reads "1854" "Foreign Office" "Feb: 10/54". Annotations in pencil read "Feb. 9" to the right of "1854" and "Ref. A. R. Wallace" below the ink annotations.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3644.3547)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Szentgyorgyi, Katherine [2012-09-17] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie [2020-03-19]

Please cite as “WCP3644,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3644