WCP6026

Letter (WCP6026.6975)

[1]1

Department of Ethnography

British Museum,

London, W.C.1.

Telephone : Museum 8621

22. iii [19]46.

Dear Sir,

I beg to thank you for your kind offer of a throwing stone from Niue, and for a copy of the Rev[erend] Thomas Powell's2 book on that island, which would both be valuable additions to this department's collections.

Yours faithfully | Adrian Digby [signature]

Book and Stone sent Mar[ch] 25th 19463

1
The museum's emblem is printed in the top left-hand corner of the page, to the side of the printed letter head.
2
Powell, Reverend Thomas (1809-1887). British missionary and botanist.
3
Comment added by William Greenell Wallace and written in pencil.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6026.6975)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2014-12-18] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-12-18] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP6026,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6026