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WCP4433

Letter (WCP4433.4718)

[1]

Broadstone, Wimborne

Septr. 10th. 1907

My dear Poulton1

We shall be very pleased to see you and your daughter on Thursday morning. The distance from Burley Village by Ringwood & Wimborne Station is from 16 to 17 miles so I suppose you will do it easily in two hours if you don’t miss the way.

I heard from Fred Birch2 [2] on Sunday. His letter had been just 4032 days coming. He had to leave off in the middle to catch the post so I heard nothing about the place he is at. His address is

c/o Correio

Theophilo Ottoni

Minas Geraes

Brazil.

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Yours very truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.
2
Birch, Frederick ("Fred") (1876-1952). British naturalist and natural history collector. Honorary Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4433.4718)]

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Revision history

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

Envelope (WCP4433.4719)

Envelope addressed to "Prof. E. B. Poulton F.R.S., c/o Mrs. Savory, Merry Gardens, Burley, Hants", with stamp, postmarked "BROADSTONE | A | SP 10 | 08". Note on front of envelope in Poulton's hand "sept. 10. 1907"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4433.4719)]

Please cite as “WCP4433,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4433