Ɛpsilon

WCP3844

Letter (WCP3844.3763)

[1]1,2

Broadstone, Wimbourne

Novr 12th. 1906

Lt. Col. D. Prain3 F.R.S.

Dear Sir

Having undertaken to edit the "Journals" & other literary remains of my old friend Dr. Richard Spruce,4 I shall be much obliged if you will allow me to have typed copies of some of his letters from S. 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
In Prain’s handwriting, "Ansd. 14. XI.06". See WCP https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2859
2
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 14 NOV. 1906.”
3
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.
4
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). British botanist, explorer and collector in the Amazon; lifelong friend of ARW.
5
Bentham, George (1800-1884). British botanist. President of the Linnean Society 1861-74.
6
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924). British botanist; Keeper at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1899-1908.

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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3844,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3844