WCP509

Telegram (WCP509.509)

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POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.

Office Stamp BROADSTONE JA 8 13

London

Handed in at 3.56.M

Received here at 4.28 p.M

Reply paid 48 words

TO { Russell [sic] Wallace Old Orchard Broadstone Wimbourne Dst

The Editor¹ wishes you many Happy returns of the day and will be obliged if you will state your plans and occupations for the future Daily Mail²

[in ARW’s hand] Ansd

Marlowe, Thomas (1868-1935). Editor of the Daily Mail between 1899 and 1926.

British newspaper first published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe.

Status: Draft transcription [Telegram (WCP509.509)]

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

Please cite as “WCP509,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP509

Congratulating ARW on reaching his 90th birthday and asking for news of his future plans.

Record number: WCP509
Item number: 509
From: [unknown person]
To: Alfred Russel Wallace
Date: 8 January 1913
Sent from: [The Daily Mail, Editorial Department, Carmelite House, London, E.C., England]
Sent to: Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne, Dorset, England
Source of text: Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/38
Physical description: Telegram, 1 p. of contemporary text
Hand: Handwritten
Language: English