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WCP4357

Letter (WCP4357.4584)

[1]

Godalming

[7 January 1889]1

Dear Mr. Poulton2

Your card & proof crossed my letter. I have only altered one or two words, for clearness. It is not worth doing more, as so brief a note could not be much improved without being extended & rewritten.

Yours truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Monday

1
Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq., Wykeham House, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "GODALMING | H | 7 JA | 89"
2
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4357.4584)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Envelope (WCP4357.4585)

Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq., Wykeham House, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "GODALMING | H | 7 JA | 89"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4357.4585)]

Please cite as “WCP4357,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4357