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WCP4621

Postcard (WCP4621.4935)

[1]1

[26 January 1893]2

Thanks for letter3 & enclosure. Let me know how much I owe you for the Bronze powder. I think you said it was to be put on with a wet brush. I will write to Janson4 myself about the beetles.

A.R.W.

Sorry you are not in (as Pres.) Hope Poulton5 will have better luck.

1
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
2
Date stamped on postcard.
3
The letter has not been found.
4
Janson, Edward Wesley (1822-1891). British entomologist and curator of the collections at the Entomological Society of London 1850-1863.
5
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 [Postcard (WCP4621.4935)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-26] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4621,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4621