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WCP3780

Letter (WCP3780.3694)

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Parkstone, Dorset.

August 12th 1894.

My dear Mr Ward1

We shall be very pleased to have you stay with us as long as you find anything to interest you in this neighbourhood, and I shall be delighted to go with you to Portland, which can be easily reached from here. There are several trains from Oxford to this place –

From Oxford

10.57

2.10

4.20

5.47

Reach Parkstone

3.20

6.20

8.00

9.20

Or you will send a postcard [2] saying by which train you will come I will meet you at the Station which is close to my cottage.

With best wishes | Believe me | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Lester F. Ward Esq.

1
Ward, Lester Frank (1841-1913). American palaeobotanist and later professor of sociology.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3780.3694)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Shariff, Bashira [2013-07-01] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3780,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3780