WCP514

Letter (WCP514.514)

[1]

[in ARW’s hand] Answered

[Janaury 1913]1

To

Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace

Dear Sir

Accept from us, on behalf and by authority of the members, of the Dundee Society of Spiritualists, warmest congratulations on the completion of your 90th year of earth life.

Yours has indeed been a most useful life, and we reverence you for the noble work you have done for the advancement of humanity. In connection with our own beloved movement, we admire your straightforward and outspoken [2] attitude, and fearless presentation of our truth.

We do earnestly hope, the eventime of your earthly existence, will be serene and peaceful; and that ‘ere the summons to come up higher, reaches you, our movement shall be still further indebted to you.

Ever Sincerely Yours

James M. Stevenson, President2

Dan. Urquhart, Vice President

A. Blackwood [illeg.] President

Jas Watson Minutes Secy [Secretaty]

James Murray Cox Secy

R. C. Buchan Fin. [Finance] Secy

ARW turned 90 on 8 January 1913.

The names of the six office holders can be found in The Dundee Directory 1913-1914, p. 110. <https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8731/87311033.6.pdf>

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Please cite as “WCP514,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP514