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WCP3676

Letter (WCP3676.3579)

[1]

Mr Wallace’s Notes deserve a place in our Transactions Journal, and being of very moderate length ought to be inserted without curtailment. They form the most authentic account of the part of New Guinea which he visited, and the only [illeg.] one by an Englishman.

They do not include the department in which Mr Wallace is strongest, that of Natural History, which no doubt, he reserves for another occasion.

J. Crawfurd1 [signature]

April 5th

1859.2

1
Crawfurd, John (1783-1868). British military physician, orientalist and colonial administrator.
2
A later annotation in pencil adds "The Author mentioned at page 180 of address, CS".

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3676.3579)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Brunnen, Claire [2012-08-13] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3676,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3676