WCP3679

Letter (WCP3679.3583)

[1]

Admiralty

21st December 1853

Sir1

Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 19th Inst[ant].2 requesting on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society that Mr Wallace may be provided with a passage to Sydney, in H.M.S. Juno, I am commanded by my Lords to acquaint you, that the application must be made through the Foreign Office—

I am Sir| Your most humble servant | Osborne [signature]3

The Secretary

Royal Geographical Society

3 Waterloo Place

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1
Shaw, Henry Norton ( -1868). British Royal Navy Surgeon and Diplomat; Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
2
Day of the current month.
3
Osborne, Ralph Bernal (1808-1882). British Liberal politician.
4
A latter annotation adds "1853 Admiralty Rec[eive]d — Dec. 23." Another annotation adds in pencil "Dec 21".

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3679.3583)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP3679,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3679