WCP5068

Letter (cc) (WCP5068.5542)

[1]1

Oct[ober] 10 1900

[1 word illeg.] A Wallace Esq[uire].

Sir,

29. 17. 12

Sir [1 word illeg.]

[1 word illeg.] | IRD3

[2]4

June 30 1900

J. C. Spence Esq[uire].

1899 1899
13/12 Conscience of the King 6/- 4/- 2 8 Oct[ober] 5 By Cash 10 7 6
135 13/12 do. " 2 8 1900
[19]00 June 30 " Proceeds 17 12 10
16 1do. " 4
26 1do. " 4
24 1do. 6/- 4/- & post 4 8
30 To Advertisements 12 19 11
" Comm[issio]n on Ditto. 5% 13
" Postage on free copies 1
" Insurance 7 6
" Comm[issio]n on sales 1 15 3
" Cheque 6 15
The letter is stamped "191" and bears no heading, but originates from ARW’s London publisher Swan Sonnenschein & Co., founded in 1878 by William Swan Sonnenschein (1855-1931).
This appears to be a payment to account of twenty-nine pounds seventeen shillings and one penny (approx. £29.85).
Unidentified, but presumably an employee of the publishing house.
The rest of the text appears to be an account of Swan Sonnenschein & Co., with another writer, James Carmichael Spence, naval architect; author of The Conscience of the King. (1899). Swan Sonneschein & Co., London.
The names of months are missing from this column.

Please cite as “WCP5068,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5068