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WCP567

Letter (WCP567.567)

[1]1

2 Harbour View

Salcombe

South Devon

Jany 12th 1913

Dear Sir

My wife wishes me to write to congratulate you on attaining your 89th2 Birthday which we saw in the Daily Mail.3 I don't expect you will remember us but you and your wife4 stayed with us in a small House 10 Courtenay St. Salcombe.5 [2] nearly 20 years ago and it seemed when we saw it in the paper it quite came back fresh to our memory your visit to Salcombe and the kind way in which both you & your wife spoke of our Lodgings. You will be glad to know we are living in a larger house now further up the hill with a good view of the Harbour and have been letting lodgings ever since and pleased to say we have done very well hoping you will pardon us for taking the liberty to write to you only my wife felt she would like you to know we saw it in the paper[.]

Yours Respectfully | James Putt6

1
. ARW wrote on the envelope which contained the letter that he had written a reply.
2
ARW was in fact 90 years old in 1913.
3
The writer could be refering to: Wallace, A. R. 1913. The spectre of poverty. Daily News & Leader (6 January): 1.
4
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.
5
ARW and Annie visited Salcombe 28 June to 7 July 1894. See letters WCP252 and WCP253.
6
Putt, James (-). Proprietor of lodgings.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP567.567)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ulrich-Verder, Liesl Elizabeth [2014-07-31] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-07-31] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-11-11]

Envelope (WCP567.1518)

Envelope addressed to "Dr Russel Wallace, Broadstone, Dorset", with stamp, postmarked "SALCOMBE DEVON| 11:45AM | JA 12 | 13. Note is written on front of envelope in ARW's hand: "Salcombe Lodgings! | 89th birthday! | Ansd"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP567.1518)]

Please cite as “WCP567,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP567