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WCP4375

Letter (WCP4375.4618)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Saturday Evening [23 November 1889]1

My dear Poulton2

I find trains have altered & I cannot reach Oxford by the train I mentioned till 6pm or if late — later. This will be unpleasantly hurried so I will come by an earlier train which will land me at Oxford — if I catch the fast train from Basingstoke — at 2.50, if not then at 4.10 — by one of which trains you may expect me.

Yours faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Dated on envelope.
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 (WCP4375.4618)]

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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 (WCP4375.4619)

Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq, F.R.S., Wykeham House, Banbury Road, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "PARKSTONE | E | NO23 | 89"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4375.4619)]

Please cite as “WCP4375,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4375