WCP4016

Letter (WCP4016.3959)

[1]

9, St Mark's Crescent,

Regent's Park. N.W.

Jany 6th.18661

Dear Newton

I have been expecting weekly to receive my copies of "Pigeon paper"2. Not having done so suppose the printers do not know my address or have not received orders from you.

I wish you a happy new year & success in your varied labours. Do you know [2]3anything about the "Cambridge Ghost Club"4 & can you ascertain if C. Kingsley5 is a member?

Yours very sincerely│ Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

A[lfred]. Newton Esq.

1
The stationery has a pre-printed line for the date.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1865. On the pigeons of the Malay Archipelago. Ibis, (n.s.) 1(4): 365-400.
3
An annotation in the top left margin reads "A.R. Wallace, London. Jany 6/8 /66." "Answered Jany 10/66."
4
The Cambridge Ghost Club was founded in 1851 by a group of men connected with the University of Cambridge who were "committed to investigating unusual phenomena". See Byrne, G. 2010. Modern Spiritualism and the Church of England, 1850-1939. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer. [pp. 50-51].
5
Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875). British clergyman, university professor, historian and novelist.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Royce, Isobel [2012-12-04] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie [2020-08-31]

Please cite as “WCP4016,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4016