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WCP3692

Letter (WCP3692.3597)

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Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon

June 22nd 1879

Dear Sir1

I see in last "Nature" you refer to a paper by yourself in Proc. of Liverpool Geol. Soc. on "Geological Time".2 As I am greatly interested in this question I should be much obliged to you if you could spare me a copy of your paper.

I remain | yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

T. Mellard Read [sic] Esq.

1
Reade, Thomas Mellard (1832-1909). British geologist, architect and civil engineer.
2
Reade’s 1876-6 Presidential Address for the Liverpool Geological Society was entitled "Geological Time", and was reprinted and augmented in the 1879 text Chemical Denudation in relation to Geological Time.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3692.3597)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Clerx, William [2012-08-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3692,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3692