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WCP4592

Postcard (WCP4592.4906)

[1]1

[26 August 1883]2

We leave here for home early Wednesday morning June 5th. If it will be convenient for you to come here on your way to the Brit. Ass. for a few days we shall be glad to see you, & can give you a bed in Willie’s3 room. There are some moths about and in a valley a mile off we have taken a C. album! & many fritillaries. You may possibly succeed with sugar. We are 1 ½ mile from the Station but the Bus will bring you here. The 10.20 train from Paddington reaches here at 4.6 vîa Chepstow and Newport.

Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

2, Weston Villas, Cantreff, Abergavenny.

Come on Friday or Sat. if convenient.4

1
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
2
Date stamped on postcard.
3
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Son of ARW.
4
This sentence was written vertically up the left hand side of page.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP4592.4906)]

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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 “WCP4592,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4592