WCP6027

Letter (WCP6027.6976)

[1]

Department Of

Oriental Antiquities And Of Ethnography,

British Museum, London, W.C.1.

27.iii.46

Dear Sir,

I beg to acknowledge the safe arrival of your copy of Rev[erend] Thomas Powell's1 book Niue "Savage Island",2 and of the throwing stone collected by him. The former will provide a valuable addition to our library and the latter to our collections.

A formal letter of Thanks will be sent to you as soon as the gifts have been reported to the Trustees. Meantime may I say that we are most grateful for them.

Yours faithfully | Adrian Digby [signature]

re Throwing stone from savage Island.3

[2]4

Relates to the ovoid throwing stone from Hurst. Originally given to W. Mitten5 by the missionary Thos. Powell who collected it on Savage Island. W.G.W

1
Powell, Reverend Thomas (1809-1887). British missionary and botanist.
2
Powell, Reverend Thomas. (1868). Savage Island: a brief account of the Island of Niué, and of the work of the Gospel among its people. John Snow and Co., London.
3
Comment added by William Greenell Wallace and written in pencil.
4
The note made on the second page is written by William Greenell Wallace.
5
Mitten, William (1819-1906). English pharmaceutical chemist and botanist. He was Alfred Russel Wallace's father-in-law and henceforth William Greenell Wallace's grandfather.

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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 “WCP6027,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6027