WCP4644

Published letter (WCP4644.4960)

[1] [p. 222]

Friday¹

My dear Darwin,²

My wife³ has arranged to accompany me to-morrow⁴ and we hope to be at Orpington Station at 5.44 as mentioned by you.

Very truly yours, | Alfred R. Wallace. [signature]

The Darwin Correspondence Project has determined the date to be 11 September 1868 by the relation to other dated letters.

Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).

Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten, chemist and authority on bryophytes.

The Wallaces visited Darwin at Down House on 12 and 13 September 1868. See ARW’s letter to Darwin of [14 September 1868], [WCP4085.4032].

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Published letter (WCP4644.4960)]

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Transcribed by Darwin Correspondence Project [2012-07-27] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie [2020-06-09]

Please cite as “WCP4644,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 18 September 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4644

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Record number: WCP4644
Item number: 4960
From: Alfred Russel Wallace
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: [11] [September] [1868]
Sent from: [9 St Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park, London, N.W., England]
Sent to: [none given]
Source of text: Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 222]
Physical description: Printed
Language: English
General notes: The date above is provided by the Darwin Correspondence Project by its relation to other dated letters.