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WCP4520

Letter (WCP4520.4827)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Sunday [May 24/91]1

My dear Meldola2

I had intended to return home after the meeting tomorrow, but have just got a card announcing the 2nd. Meeting on Tuesday — an unprecedented phenomenon. If therefore you are all well at home & it will not inconvenience your wife3 I shall pbe glad of a bed on Monday night, — & possibly if I cannot do all I want on Tuesday morning, on Tuesday night also. I hope [2] you will get this tomorrow morning. After the meeting I am going to meet Violet4 at the Nat. Hist. Museum, & will come on to you later.

Yours very truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Prof. R. Meldola

1
In unknown handwriting.
2
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
3
Meldola (née Davis), Ella Frederica (1863-1932). Wife of Raphael Meldola.
4
Wallace, Violet Isabel (1869-1945). Daughter of ARW; teacher.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4520.4827)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-20] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4520,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4520