WCP558

Telegram (WCP558.558)

[1]1

POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.

[Post Office date-stamped] BROADSTONE C JA[NUARY] 8 [19]13

Office of Origin and Service Instructions

Redirected from Parkston [sic] Parliment [sic] St[reet]. Collect fee

Handed in at 5.23. M

Received here at 6.55 p.M

TO Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace O[rder]. [of] M[erit]. Broadstone

National Peace Council2 sends heartiest greetings3 to veteran champion of peace and justice

Newman4 Chairman Heath5 Secretary

1
This is a P.O Telegraph form. The repository reference number "[WP1/8/87]" and the number "140" appear here. The document is annotated "Ans[were]d".
2
Founded in 1908, the council co-ordinated almost 200 groups across Britain, with a membership ranging from small village peace groups (as here, ARW’s local branch at Broadstone, Dorset) to national trade unions and local authorities. All were united in their interest in peace, human rights, justice and the environment.
3
ARW’s 90th birthday fell on 8 January 1913.
4
Newman (no first name or dates found). Chairman, Broadstone National Peace Council.
5
Heath (no first name or dates found). Secretary, Broadstone National Peace Council.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP558,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP558