WCP6016

Letter (WCP6016.6964)

[1]1

11, EGERTON PLACE,

S.W.

Nov[ember]: 18th

Dear Mrs Wallace,

Though I have not the pleasure of knowing you personally you will recognize my name.

I desire for myself and my family to express our very sincere sympathy with you in your great loss — a loss which is felt deeply by the whole of the scientific world.

I and my brothers' [2] very much regret that neither of us was able to show our respects to the memory of Mr Wallace by being present at the funeral.

Unfortunately I did not see the notice of in the newspaper until the day of the funeral.

Believe me to be with respect | Yours very truly | W.E. Darwin [signature]

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The following has been written obliquely in the top-left corner of the page: "Ans" It is not William Darwin's handwriting

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6016.6964)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2014-12-11] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-12-11] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Envelope (WCP6016.6965)

Envelope addressed to "Mrs Russell [sic] Wallace, Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset", with stamp, postmarked "CHELSEA. S.W. | 5:15 PM | 13 NOV". Note on front of envelope in the hand of Annie Wallace: "Ansd | W. E. Darwin". [Envelope (WCP6016.6965)]

Please cite as “WCP6016,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6016