WCP4000

Letter (WCP4000.3943)

[1]

5. Westbourne Grove Terrace, W.

August 12th. 1862

My dear Sir

I shall have great pleasure in accepting your kind invitation to Cambridge during the meeting of the Brit.[ish] Ass[ociatio]n1, to meet the members of the B[ritish]. O[rnithologists']. U[nion].2

You may therefore expect me on the day named in your letter the 1st. Oct.3

I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very truly | Alfred R Wallace [signature]

Alfred Newton Esq.

[2]4

1
The British Association for the Advancement of Science is a learned society and charity founded in 1831 to promote the development of science. The provision of funds provided to individual researchers was a key role of the activities of the association from its inception until the early 1940s. The association played a significant role in the debate on evolutionary theory. (James, F. A. J. L. 2000. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Reader's Guide to the History of Science. New York: Routledge, pp.106-107.)
2
The British Ornithologists' Union was founded in 1858 by Alfred Newton and Henry Baker Tristram, to encourage the study of birds and aid their conservation. The B.O.U quarterly journal, Ibis, has been published continously since 1859. (Finnegan, A. D. 2009. Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland. London: Pickering & Chatto. p.119).
3
Alfred Newton's letter to ARW on 1 October 1862 has not been located.
4
A later annotation at the top left-hand corner of page 2 adds: 'A. R. Wallace, London, Aug. diagram/[18]62.'

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Transcribed by Cooper, Rosie [2012-11-27] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20]

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