WCP4309

Transcription (WCP4309.4437)

[1]1

Feb[rua]ry 23rd 1854.

Foreign Office}2

Lord Wodehouse }

My Lord,3

Your Lordship’s letter of the 13th inst[ant]. to the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society4 having conveyed the intimation that H[er]. M[ajesty]’s Government would bear the expense of my passage to the East in a Mail Packet, a reply was sent on the 16th inst[ant]. accepting the same, and requesting that the passage might be granted direct to Singapore as being the part I wish to reach.

I therefore venture again to address your Lordship (as the overland Mail to Singapore leaves next week) to know if Lord [2]5 Clarendon6 will kindly direct a passage to be granted me by that opportunity.

I have the honor [sic] to be | Your Lordships [sic] | obedient humble Servant | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
This is a manuscript copy of the original letter sent by ARW, recorded in the Royal Geographical Society’s Letter Book for November 1850 to November 1859.
2
The words "Foreign Office" and "Lord Wodehouse" are written in the left-hand margin alongside the date and salutation.
3
Wodehouse, John (1826-1902). Third baron Wodehouse, 1846; first earl of Kimberley, 1866; British politician.
4
Shaw, Henry Norton ( -1868). British Royal Navy Surgeon and Diplomat; Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
5
The year "1854" is written in the top left-hand margin of page 2.
6
Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870). Fourth earl of Clarendon; British diplomat and statesman; Foreign Secretary, 1852-1858.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2012-10-11] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Watt, Helen [2018-07-30]

Please cite as “WCP4309,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4309