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WCP3803

Letter (WCP3803.3720)

[1]

50 Upper Albany St.

Regents Park

April 3rd. 1848.

Dear Sir1

Accept our best thanks for the letter of recommendation2 you have so kindly favoured us with, and also for the valuable information contained in your letters.

The former has already been of service to us in obtaining our passports, for which a recommendation is required.

We beg to assure you we [2] shall do all in our power to obtain interesting specimens for the Kew Museum, & shall have much pleasure in communicating to you any information we may think interesting.

We remain | yours much obliged | AR Wallace | H. W. Bates.3[signatures]

Sir W. J Hooker.

1
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865). British botanist; first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1841-1865.
2
The letter has not been found.
3
Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892). British naturalist, explorer and close friend of ARW.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3803.3720)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Adams, Christina [2012-10-10] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2018-08-08] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3803,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3803