WCP6239

Letter (WCP6239.7223)

[1]1

ARTS CLUB,

40, DOVER STREET,

W.

June. 19. 1915

Dear Sir2

Your letter of June the 17th. written to my Mother3 who died more than a year ago, has come into my hands. And I regret to say that my Father4 left so many letters it was found quite [2] impossible to read them. There were many thousands which have had to be destroyed[.] There are also a large quantity of what my Father regarded as "Special letters" which he wished read before being destroyed, those I am going through and if I come across [3] any of D[octo]r. Alfred Russel Wallace’s I will let you see them.

Yours truly | C. F. A. Voysey5. [signature]

J. Marchant Esq[ui]re

1
The page is numbered [WP16/1/146] in pencil in the top RH corner.
2
Marchant, James (1857-1956) Free Church minister, social activist and philanthropist.
3
Voysey, Frances Maria, née Edlin (1831-1914?), wife of Charles Voysey (see Endnote 4), and mother of the author.
4
Voysey, Charles (1828-1912) priest of the Church of England, dismissed for writings contrary to Church Articles in 1871. He subsequently moved his family from Yorkshire to London, where he founded the Theistic Church.
5
Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley (1857-1941) English architect and designer. His early work was as a designer of wallpapers, fabrics and furnishings in a simple Arts and crafts style, but he is also the architect of a number of notable country houses.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6239.7223)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP6239,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6239