WCP6233

Letter (WCP6233.7216)

[1]1

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY),

CROMWELL ROAD,

LONDON, S.W.7.

Sept[ember]. 4th. 1919

Dear Sir,

I thank you very much for so kindly sending me the newspaper cutting about the "fossilized head." I fear it is a "mare’s nest" — I am well accustomed to such things — but I will enquire about [2] it when I return from holiday.

Yours sincerely | A. Smith Woodward2 [signature]

W.G. Wallace3, Esq[uire]

1
The page is numbered [WP16/1/140] in pencil in the top LH corner.
2
Woodward, Arthur Smith (1864-1944) English palaeontologist, known as a world expert in fossil fish. He was Keeper of Geology at the British Museum (Natural History) 1901-1924.
3
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6233.7216)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP6233,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6233