WCP6067

Letter (WCP6067.7017)

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From the CURATOR, PITT RIVERS MUSEUM

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Dec[ember] 10th, 1946.

Dear Sir,

I am very pleased to accept your ‘Boxes of flints’ collected by Mr. Benjamin Harrison2, and D[octo]r. Alfred Wallace’s [sic] letters. The latter will be of great value to us, and will provide what might be called ‘a link up’ as D[octo]r. Wallace was a ‘great man’ on our subject.

Yours truly, | T. K. Penniman. [signature]

W. G. Wallace Esq[uire].,

61 East Avenue,

Bournemouth.

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A small representative collection of "Eoliths"4 made by Mr. Benjamin Harrison & presented by him to A[lfred]. R[ussel]. W[allace]. The letters referred to are B[enjamin]. Harrison’s.

Some examples of mill-chipped flints & some of Harrison’s own work were included.

W[illiam]. G[reenell]. W[allace]

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The letter is typewritten and signed in ink. The page is numbered [WP16/2/44] in pencil in the top RH corner.

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Harrison, Benjamin (1837-1921) an amateur naturalist and archaeologist, collector of the first eoliths in Kent in 1885.

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The annotation in ink in the hand of the recipient is written on the back of the letter.
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From Gk. "eos", dawn, and "lithos", stone, a chipped flint nodule. Once thought to have been the earliest stone tools, they are now believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP6067,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6067