WCP486

Letter (WCP486.486)

[1]1

British Museum (Natural History),

Cromwell Road,

London: S.W.

4 Jan[uary]. 1913.

Dear Mr Wallace

I must write to you on the eve on your ninetieth birthday to congratulate you on attaining so great an age, & to express the hope that you are spared the pains & infirmities [2] that so often appears [1 word illeg.] later years.

I do not think we have met given as suited[?] on [1 word illeg. life than, but I still have a living recollection of that & ! with kind regards | Sincerely yours | F. Jeffery Bell [signature]

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Written at the top left of the page in an unidentified hand is "Answ[ere]d. P. C.".

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP486.486)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-08] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-08] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP486,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP486