WCP6090

Letter (WCP6090.7041)

[1]1

British Museum (Natural History)

Cromwell Road,

London, S. W.

December 3rd. 1935.

Sir,

I am directed by the Trustees of the British Museum2 to convey to you the expression of their best thanks for the Present mentioned on the other side, which you have been pleased to make to them.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant, | C. Tate Regan [signature]

Director

W. G. Wallace, Esq[uire].,

Doveshill,

Ensbury Park,

Bournemouth,

Hants.

[2]

Human hair from Timor3. Collected by Alfred Russel Wallace.

1

The letter is printed in italic script on headed notepaper with the Royal Coat of Arms at the top centre. All other words not italicised above are typewritten, except the signature of the author, which is in ink. The page is numbered WP16/2/67 [1 of 2] in pencil in the top LH corner.

2.

2
The British Museum, dedicated to human history, art and culture was established in Bloomsbury, London in 1753.
3
An island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. In The Malay Archipelago Chapter 13 ARW describes short visits in 1857 and 1859 to Coupang, the chief Dutch town at the west end of the island and in 1861 four months at Delli, the capital of the Portuguese possessions in the eastern part of the island.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6090.7041)]

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Revision history

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

Envelope (WCP6090.7042)

Envelope addressed to "W. G. Wallace, Esq, Doveshill, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth, Hants", with stamp, postmarked "[?] | 18 DEC 3 | 7.15 [?] S.W." [Envelope (WCP6090.7042)]

Please cite as “WCP6090,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6090