WCP4215

Letter (WCP4215.4280)

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Parkstone, Dorset.

Jany. 6th. 1891

Dear Mr. Cockerell1

If you come here or to Bournemouth to stay a week I shall be most happy to see you as often as you like to call. If you will tell me what kind of accommodation you want, & at what price I will try & get a lodging for you, unless you like to stay at an Inn, in which case Sea View Hotel would be best, as it has a grand view and all the sun. It is however just as cold here now [2] as anywhere else.

My letter must have crossed yours so I will say no more now.

Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

T. D. A. Cockerell Esq.

Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison (1866-1948). Brother of Sydney Carlyle Cockerell. British-born American zoologist, taxonomist, and museum curator. ARW referred him as the 'Slugophilite'.

Transcription (WCP4215.5310)

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Parkstone, Dorset,

Jan. 6th. 1891.

Dear Mr. Cockerell

If you come here or to Bournemouth to stay a week I shall be most happy to see you as often as you like to call. If you will tell me what kind of accommodations you want, and at what price I will try to get a lodging for you, unless you like to stay at an Inn, in which case Sea View Hotel would be best, as it has a grand view and all the sun. It is however just as cold here now as anywhere else.

My letter must have crossed yours so I will say no more now.

Please cite as “WCP4215,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4215