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WCP4309

Transcription (WCP4309.4437)

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Feby 23rd 1854.

Foreign Office}

Lord Wodehouse1}

My Lord,

Your Lordship’s letter of the 13th inst. to the Secretary2 of the Royal Geographical Society having conveyed the intimation that H. M.’s Government would bear the expense of my passage to the East in a Mail Packet, a reply was sent on the 16th inst. 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] Clarendon3 will kindly direct a passage to be granted me by that opportunity.

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

1
Wodehouse, John (1826-1902). Third baron Wodehouse, 1846; first earl of Kimberley, 1866; British politician.
2
Shaw, Henry Norton (1814-1868). British Royal Navy Surgeon and Diplomat; Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London 1849-63.
3
Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870). Lord Clarendon; British diplomat and statesman; Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1852 and 1870.

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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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4309,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4309