WCP6226

Letter (WCP6226.7206)

[1]1

THE PALACE,

SALISBURY.

Nov[ember]. 8 [1913]2.

Dear Mr Wallace3,

We only came here tonight and I hope I may express our sincere sympathy with your mother[?] & [1 word illeg.] in their great sorrow. — It is more than a private loss — it is [2 words illeg.] — but loss is the wrong name for it as your father I think would have been the first to say

I sincerely trust that your [1 or 2 words illeg.] may be comforted in this loosening of the link of so many years

I [3 words illeg.] | F E Sarum4 [signature]

[2]5

Wallace Esq[ui]re

Old Orchard

1
The page is numbered WP16/1/133 [1 of 2] in pencil in the top RH corner. The word "Ans[were]d" is written in pencil across the top LH corner.
2
The year is not shown. As the author expresses condolences on the death of ARW, which occurred on 7 November 1913, the date is probably 8 November 1913.
3
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
4
Ridgeway, Frederick Edward (1848-1921) Anglican cleric, Bishop of Salisbury (Sarum (Lat.)) 1911-1921.
5
The envelope is numbered WP16/1/133 [2 of 2] in pencil in the top RH corner and the words "Ans[were]d Bishop of Salisbury" is written in ink in the recipient’s hand across the top LH corner.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6226.7206)]

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Revision history

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

Envelope (WCP6226.7207)

Envelope addressed to "W. Wallace Esq, Old Orchard". Note on front in W. G. Wallace's hand: "Ansd | Bishop of Salisbury". [Envelope (WCP6226.7207)]

Please cite as “WCP6226,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6226