WCP6126

Letter (WCP6126.7083)

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10 Downing Street

Whitehall. S.W.

13 November 1913

Dear Madam,

I am sorry to hear that this heavy loss which you have sustained in the death of your husband, entails also a serious diminution in your means of support. To continue to you the pension which he enjoyed is, I fear, not within my power: but it would give me pleasure to recommend you to His Majesty for a pension on the Civil List of £120 per annum & for an immediate front of £300 from the Royal Society to meet your present expenses.

Yours very faithfully | H. H. Asquith[signature]

Mrs A. R. Wallace

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Just below the upper left hand corner of the page is a faint ovular stamp bearing the words First Lord of the Treasury.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6126.7083)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-03-11] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-11] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP6126,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6126