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WCP3900

Letter (WCP3900.3820)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

June 26th. 1892

My dear Hooker1

Many thanks for your kind letter.2 I quite see the special difficulties you refer to in Mitten's3 case,4 and have no doubt you are right in thinking this would be no use in making an application for him. I took the opportunity of being in London on Thursday to take all Friday at Kew, but found that that it was your day at home. I will take an opportunity of mentioning what you say about purchasing [2] Mitten's collections of Mosses and Hepaticae for Kew. I suppose you would want to have a statement of the approximate number of species and of type specimens, and I presume I may add that you will do what you can to obtain for him exceptionally liberal terms.

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

1
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). British botanist and explorer. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1865-85. President of the Royal Society 1873-78.
2
The letter has not been found.
3
Mitten, William (1819-1906). Father-in-law of ARW; chemist and authority on bryophytes.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3900.3820)]

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Transcribed by Shariff, Bashira [2014-01-17] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-03-03] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Transcription (WCP3900.4269)

[1]

PARKSTONE, DORSET

June 26th, 1892.

My dear Hooker

Many thanks for your kind letter. I quite see the special difficulties you refer to in Mitten's case, and have no doubt you are right in thinking there would be no use in making an application for him. I took the opportunity of being in London on Thursday to take all Friday at Kew, but found that that was your day at home. I will take an opportunity of mentioning what you say about purchasing Mitten's collection of Mosses and Hepaticae for Kew. I suppose you would want to have a statement of the approximate number of species and of type specimens, and I presume I may add that you will do what you can to obtain for him exceptionally liberal terms.

Believe me, | Yours very truly, | ALFRED R. WALLACE.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP3900.4269)]

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

Revision history

Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-12-17] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3900,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3900