WCP3822

Letter (WCP3822.3740)

[1]

Pen-y-bryn, St. Peter’s Rd, Croydon

Feb[ruar]y 17th. 1881

Dear Mr. Dyer1

Many thanks for the copy of Sir Joseph Hooker’s2 Botany of Kerguelen Island3.

I have a large piece of bark cloth from the Moluccas as beaten out from a tree, forming a cylindrical piece about 5 ft. long and 7ft.6in in circumference. Would it be any use to you for the Museum or have you plenty such? I have also a bamboo harp from Timor, which I would send if of any interest.

Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

W.T Thiselton-Dyer Esq

1
Sir William Turner Thiselton Dyer, botanist, 1843-1928.
2
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist, 1817-1911.
3
Botany of Kerguelen Island, 1879, by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3822.3740)]

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Transcribed by Rosen, Gabriel [2013-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-16]

Enclosure (WCP3822.3741)

[1]

Pandanus-leaf steeping mat, from New Guinea.

Entire piece of bark cloth, [one word illegible]

Bamboo harp— Timor.

Presented to the Kew Museum by Alfred R Wallace [signature]

Specimens placed in museum

[illegible]

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP3822.3741)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

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Transcribed by Rosen, Gabriel [2013-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-16]

Please cite as “WCP3822,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3822