WCP3646

Letter (WCP3646.3549)

[1]

Foreign Office

January 13. 1854.

Sir,

With reference to my letter of the 11th instant1 relative to the request of the Royal Geographical Society for a passage to Australia for Mr Wallace who is about to proceed on a scientific expedition to the Eastern Archipelago, I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon2 to inform you that Her Majesty’s Sloop "Frolic" will sail for Australia from Portsmouth in a few days, and I am to request that you will inform Lord Clarendon whether Mr Wallace wishes to avail himself of this opportunity.

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

The Secretary

To the Royal Geographical Society

[2]3

1
Of the current calendar month. [OED]
2
Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870). Lord Clarendon; British diplomat and statesman; Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1852 and 1870.
3
An annotation in ink on page 2 of the letter reads "1853" "Foreign Office" "Rec[eive]d Ans[wered] Jan 14". Annotations in pencil read "Jan. 13" to the right of "1853" and "A. R. Wallace" below the ink annotations.

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP3646,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3646