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WCP3658

Letter (WCP3658.3561)

[1]1

42, GREAT RUSSELL STREET,

W. C.

18th May 1914.

The Assistant Secretary,

Royal Geographical Society,

Kensington Gore. S.W.

Dear Sir,2

I am much obliged for your letter saying that the Council of your Society have resolved to contribute Five Guineas towards the Alfred Russel Wallace Fund,3and note that you will send a cheque to our bankers in the course of a few days.

Please convey to the Council the grateful thanks of the Committe[e] for their generous gift,

Yours faithfully, | J. Marchant4 [signature]

1
In unknown handwriting, "A. Russel Wallace Fund".
2
The assistant secretary of R.G.S has not been identified.
3
The Wallace Memorial Fund (also known as the Memorial Committee) was formed shortly after Wallace's death with the purpose of raising money to pay for a medallion featuring ARW for Westminster Abbey, and a portrait and statue for The Natural History Museum, London. The fund raised sufficient money only for the medallion and the portrait was presented to the Museum free of charge by the artist J. W. Beaufort.
4
Marchant, James (1857-1956). British eugenicist, social reformer and author. Biographer of ARW.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3658,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3658