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WCP589

Telegram (WCP589.589)

[1]

POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS

Office Stamp. BROADSTONE B JA 8 13

Office of Origin and Service Instructions

Purley Sry [Surrey]

Handed in at } 9.25 .M Received here at } 9.54a.M

TO { Doctor Russell [sic] Wallace Broadstone Dst

Sir Joseph Swan1 tenders hearty congratulations and good wishes.

[in ARW’s hand] Ansd

1
Swan, Joseph Wilson (1828-1914). British physicist and chemist, most famous for the invention of the incandescent light bulb.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Telegram (WCP589.589)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Truong, Michael [2011-07-08] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-11-11]

Please cite as “WCP589,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP589