WCP3645

Letter (WCP3645.3548)

[1]1

Foreign Office

January 11. 1854

Sir,2

I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon3 to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo4, requesting that a Passage might be provided in Her Majesty’s Ship "Juno" as far as Australia for Mr Wallace who is about to proceed on a scientific expedition to the Eastern Archipelago; and I am to state to you in reply that His Lordship regrets to inform you that the "Juno" will not proceed5 [2]6 direct to Australia, the destination of that Vessel having been changed. —

I am, | Sir, | your most obedient, | humble servant | Wodehouse7 [signature]

1
"The Secretary to the Royal Geographical Society" is written at the bottom lefthand corner of the page.
2
Shaw, Henry Norton ( -1868). British Royal Navy Surgeon and Diplomat; Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
3
Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870). Lord Clarendon; British diplomat and statesman; Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1852 and 1870.
4
Archaic term for of last month.
5
"proceed" is repeated as a catchword on page 2.
6
"1853 Foreign Office Rec[eive]d Jan 12." is written sideways on page. "Jan. 11" has been added in pencil.
7
Wodehouse, John (1826-1902). Third baron Wodehouse, 1846; first earl of Kimberley, 1866; British Liberal politician.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Brunnen, Claire [2012-09-17] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20]

Please cite as “WCP3645,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3645