WCP619

Letter (WCP619.619)

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1, Savile Row,

Burlington Gardens,

Lodnon, W.

December 1st, 1908.

Dr A. R. Wallace, O.M., F.R.S.,

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne

Dear Dr. Wallace,

Your letter of November 16, accompanying the papers of Spruce relating to meteorology and anthropology, was under consideration by the Council yesterday. The two volumes containing the vocabularies in and the introductory essay were submitted to Sir Clements Markham to report upon. As he states that he himself as made much use of these volumes in his own publications, and as they have been utilized elsewhere, practically all the information which they contain has already published.

The Council desire me to thank you again for so kindly presenting much a valuable collection of material to the Society.

Your very truly | J. S. Keltie [signature]

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Letter (cc) (WCP619.7891)

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[No address]

December 1st, 1908.

Dr A. R. Wallace, O.M., F.R.S.,

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne.

Dear Dr Wallace,

Your letter of November 16, accompanying the paper of Spruce2 relating to meteorology and anthropology, was under consideration by the Council3 yesterday. The two volumes containing the vocabularies in the introductory essay were submitted to Sir Clements Markham4 to report upon. As he states that he himself has made much use of these volumes in his own publications, and as they have been utilised elsewhere, practically all the information which they contain has already been published.

The Council desire me to thank you again for so kindly presenting such a valuable collection of material to the Society5.

Yours very truly | [no signature]6

1
Page numbered "16", encircled, in pencil in top RH corner and "354" (underlined) is written in blue pencil beneath. The letter is a typed carbon copy, which does not bear the signature of the author (see Endnote 6).
2
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). English botanist and explorer. In 1849 he followed ARW and Henry Walter Bates to the Amazon Basin, collecting more than 30,000 plant specimens there and in the Andes during the next 14 years.
3
Council of the Royal Geographical Society.
4
Markham, Clements Robert (1830-1916). English geographer, explorer, and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (see Endnote 5) 1863-1888 and president for a further 12 years, during which he was mainly responsible for organising the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904, led by Robert Falcon Scott.
5
A learned society and professional body for geography and geographers, founded in 1830.
6
Keltie, John Scott (1840-1927). Scottish geographer, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographic Society 1892-1895, promoted to Secretary in 1896.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (cc) (WCP619.7891)]

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2020-03-27]

Please cite as “WCP619,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP619