WCP6227

Letter (WCP6227.7208)

[1]1

THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON,

BURLINGTON HOUSE,

PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.1.

3 November 1949.

Dear Sir,

With reference to your letter dated 2 November 1949, I regret not being able to help you, as we have no lists such as you mention. I would suggest that if you were to write to The Director, British Museum (Natural History)2, Cromwell Road, London, S.W.7, he might be able to help you.

Yours sincerely | S. Savage3 [signature]

LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

W. G. Wallace4, Esq[uire].,

61 East Avenue,

Bournemouth.

1
The page is numbered [WP16/1/134] in pencil near the top in the LH margin.
2
The British Museum (Natural History) opened in South Kensington in 1881. The Director at the date of the letter was Norman Boyd Kinnear (1882-1957), Scottish zoologist and ornithologist, who held the post from 1947-1950.
3
Savage, Spencer (no dates found) Librarian and Assistant Secretary of the Linnean Society (see Endnote 6).
4
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.

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

Please cite as “WCP6227,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6227