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WCP4582

Postcard (WCP4582.4896)

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[29 September 1885]1

Many thanks for your2 kind invitation but I & Mrs Wallace3 are going to stay with our friend Volckman4 at Leyton on Friday & Saturday, & we shall attend your meeting on Saturday. We shall probably come by the midday train to Loughton. Please ask Mr. Cole5 to reserve us tickets for Tea.

Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Date stamped on postcard.
2
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
3
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.
4
Volckman, William (c. 1836-1913). British? Lawyer. Vice-President of the Land Nationalisation Society c. 1893. Second husband of spiritualist Elizabeth Guppy-Volckman.
5
Possible Cole, Grenville Arthur James (1859-1924). British geologist. Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the Royal College of Science for Ireland.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP4582.4896)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-24] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4582,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4582