WCP6154

Letter (WCP6154.7125)

[1]1

CITY &GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.

Technical College Finsbury

Leonard Street, City Road

London. E.C.

Nov[ember]. 13th 1913

My dear Wallace2,

I had already moved in the matter of the Bournemouth Museum3 & have just heard from Sir Daniel Morris4 that your name will be kept in mind. Unfortunately just now things are moving very slowly down there & there is no immediate prospect of their being able to get the funds for the maintenance of a paid Curator. Be assured that I will do all that I can in the matter. [2] I hope your mother5 is bearing up well & with kind regards to you all,

Yours sincerely | R. Meldola6 [signature]

1
The page is numbered WP16/1/96 [1 of 2] in pencil in the top LH corner.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
The home of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society houses a museum containing preserved natural history specimens, as well as extensive collections of fossils, rocks and minerals.
4
Morris, Daniel (1844-1933) British administrator, horticulturist and botanist, who worked mainly in the Caribbean region. From 1908 to 1913 he was Scientific Advisor in Tropical Agriculture to the Colonial Office.
5
Wallace, Annie (née Mitten), (1846-1914), ARW’s wife and mother of the recipient, recently bereaved (ARW died on 7 November 1913).
6
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915) British chemist and entomologist. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry in the University of London 1912-1915, a member of many scientific societies and a long-time friend of ARW.

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

Envelope (WCP6154.7126)

Envelope addressed to "W. G. Wallace Esqre, Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset", with stamp, postmarked "LONDON | NOV 13 13C | 6. PM". [Envelope (WCP6154.7126)]

Please cite as “WCP6154,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6154