WCP541

Letter (WCP541.541)

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[in ARW’s hand] Answd1

BRYNHYFRYD,

BRITON FERRY.

Glamorganshire

South Wales

10. 1. 13

Dear Dr Wallace

I find in reading Public Opinion of this date that you have just celebrated your 90th. year & I feel I must write to congratulate you. I sincerely hope you will be spared for many years to come. I hope you will excuse me for asking you for a favor[.] Will [2] you please give me one of your Photos? If you remember I wrote2 you some few years ago & sent you a bakestone loaf such as you use to have at Bryncoch. I am the daughter of the late Miss Jenny Rees of Bryncoch. I have often heard my dear father the late Mr Henry Jones & my dear mother speak of you. & my Aunt Catherine Rees told me that she use to catch all the butterflies she could for you [3] in the Garden, & fields at Bryncoch. So if you will kindly send me one of your Photos I shall prize it very much. Hoping to hear from you soon & with kindest regards.

Believe me | Yours Faithfully | Sarah A. Jones2 [signature]

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PS

If you send me your Photo, will you please write your signature?

Sally Jones [signature]

ARW did send his photo and received a reply on 16 January 1913.

https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3326

Please cite as “WCP541,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP541