WCP502

Telegram (WCP502.502)

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POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.

Office Stamp BROADSTONE JA 8 13

Ashley Rd East Parkstone

Handed in at 11.55..M

Received here at [illeg.].M

TO { Dr A. R. Wallace OM¹ Broadstone

Many happy returns may you complete your centuary for the world hath need of such as thee much love from Olive² and Bertie³

[in unknown hand] Unknown

See letter of Appointing Alfred Russel Wallace as a member of the Order of Merit. WCP4794.5185.

<https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/library-collections/wallace-letters-online/4794/5185/S/details.html>

Comerford-Casey, Olive Bourcicault (1875-1958). Daughter of the Rev. George Edward Comerford-Casey.

Comerford-Casey, Alvina Bertram ("Bertie") (1877-). Daughter of the Rev. George Edward Comerford-Casey.

Status: Draft transcription [Telegram (WCP502.502)]

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-11-11]

Please cite as “WCP502,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP502

Congratulating ARW on reaching his 90th birthday and on his achievements.

Record number: WCP502
Item number: 502
From: Comerford (formerly Comerford-Casey), Olive Bourcicault & Comerford (formerly Comerford-Casey), Alvina Bertram ("Bertie")
To: Alfred Russel Wallace
Date: 8 January 1913
Sent from: [none given]
Sent to: [Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne, Dorset, England]
Source of text: Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/31
Physical description: Telegram, 1 p. of contemporary text
Hand: Handwritten
Language: English