WCP3844

Letter (WCP3844.3763)

[1]1

Broadstone, Wimbourne

Nov[embe]r 12th. 19062

L[ieutenan]t. Col[onel]. D. Prain F.R.S.3

Dear Sir

Having undertaken to edit the "Journals" & other literary remains of my old friend Dr. Richard Spruce,4I shall be much obliged if you will allow me to have typed copies of some of his letters from S[outh]. America now preserved at Kew.

Those I wish to have first — to fill up a gap caused by the loss of his "Journals" — are 32 letters to Mr. George Bentham5 — the first, dated , May 1855 — Yurimaguas, Peru and the last, dated, April 1864, [2] Amotape, Peru.

Mr. Hemsley6 informs me that a typist can be had at Kew to make the copies.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
There is an inscription penciled in the top left-hand corner of the page. Written obliquely, and on two lines, it reads: "ans[were]d 14.xi.06".
2
The official stamp of the Royal Gardens Kew is placed below Wallace's address. A date of receipt is printed within the stamp and reads "14 Nov[ember]. 1906.
3
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish physician and botanist.
4
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). English botanist and explorer.
5
Bentham, George (1800-1884). English botanist.
6
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924). English botanist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3844.3763)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3844,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3844