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WCP4139

Letter (WCP4139.4157)

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Parkstone, Dorset.

May 28th. 1891

Dear Mr. Galton1

Many thanks for your paper. I am in the midst of Exn. Papers,2 but when I have got through with them I shall read it,— & perhaps write a letter to "Nature" on the genera & species question.

I enclose you my "recognition marks".—

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Francis Galton F.R.S.

1
Galton, Francis (1822-1911). British biostatistician, polymath and founder of eugenics. One of the key figures in 19th Century research into heredity. Half-cousin of Charles Darwin.
2
See Wallace’s ‘My experiences as an examiner’ in Wallace, A. R. 1905. My life: A record of events and opinions. London: Chapman and Hall. Volume 2, pp. 406-418.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4139.4157)]

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Transcribed by Watkins Sophia [2012-08-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Enclosure (WCP4139.6226)

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[Fingerprints, possibly graphite on paper]

Alfred R Wallace [signature]

May 28th '91

Finger-prints of Alfred Russel Wallace

May 28th, 1891

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Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP4139.6226)]

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

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Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-02-21] Transcription checked by Congerton, John [2019-02-21] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP4139,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4139