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WCP4060

Letter (WCP4060.4004)

[1]

Rosehill, Dorking.

July 27th. 1877

Dear Newton1

I am a candidate for the Assistant Secretaryship of the British Association. If you can attend the Council meeting, & feel justified in supporting me I shall be greatly obliged.

No answer required to this note as I wish to leave you free.

Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Prof. A. Newton

P.S. My Geog. Dist.2 is selling so slowly that Macmillan is afraid to bring out a cheap Edn.

[2]3

1
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). British zoologist and ornithologist. Founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1876. The geographical distribution of animals; with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface. London: Macmillan & Co. Two volumes.
3
In Newton’s handwriting, “A. R. Wallace, July. 27/29/77. Answered July. 29/77.” The letter has not been found.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4060.4004)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-13] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-13] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4060,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4060