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BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY),

CROMWELL ROAD,

SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W.

February 8th, 1917.

Sir,

I have had the honour of laying before the Trustees of the British Museum² the two M[anu]S[cript]. note-books used by your Father, the late Mr Alfred Russel Wallace, which you and your sister, Miss V[iolet] I[sabel]. Wallace³, have been so good as to present to them for preservation in the Natural History Museum⁴. The Trustees were gratified to /know

W. G. Wallace, Esq[uire].

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know [sic] that these interesting relics of the eminent naturalist are to find a permanent home in the National Museum of Natural History, where they will be available for reference for all posterity. It is in the fitness of things that it should be so, as the volumes relate to specimens collected by him, many of which are in the cabinets of the Department of Entomology of the Museum.

The Trustees directed me to convey to you and your sister an [3] expression of their special thanks for your valuable gift.

I have the honour to be, | Sir, | Your obedient Servant, | C. E. Fagan [signature]

Ass[istan]t Secretary