WCP6144

Letter (WCP6144.7111)

[1]1

OAKWOOD,

HASLEMERE ROAD,

CROUCH END, N.8

14th April, [19]252.

W. G. Wallace3 Esq[uire].,

Doveshill Cottage,

Ensbury Park,

Bournemouth,

Hants4

Dear Sir,

I duly received your letter of the 17th ult[imo]., and regret not having replied before, but not being well and having to be away, as so caused the delay [sic].

As soon as I find when I shall be in town, I will let you know, so that you can come and see the pictures, but I may not be at home for some few weeks.

I remain, | Yours faithfully, | T. J. Hamilton Goringe5 [signature]

1
The page is numbered WP16/1/85 in pencil in the top RH corner. The letter is a typewritten copy, signed in ink.
2
Year deduced from birth and death dates of recipient.
3
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
4
Hampshire.
5
Gorringe, T. J. Hamilton (no dates found) Described as "an oil and colour man in London, a rather coarse looking disagreeable young man" by ARW in a letter to his son in 1899 (see Endnote 7). He and his wife inherited a house and effects, which included the Greenell family portraits, from "Miss Roberts", a cousin of ARW’s mother Mary-Ann Wallace and aunt Martha Wilson (both née Greenell).

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6144.7111)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP6144,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6144