WCP6316

Transcription (WCP6316.7310)

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10 Downing Street.

Whitehall.

Duplicate

Mr. Gladstone2 recommends that the following Pensions should be charged in the Civil List for the year 1880-81:—

Mr. Alfred Russell[sic] Wallace — Two hundred pounds per annum;

Pen-y. Bryn. St Peters Road, Croydon.

in recognition of his eminence as a Naturalist.

Mrs Rodgers — Seventy five pounds per annum;

in recognition of the service of her late husband the Rev[eren]d John Rodgers, in the cause of Public Elementary Education.

[illeg word] [signature] Jan 15. [18]81

These words "TREASURY 1487 RECD 24 JAN 81" were stamped at the top centre of the page. Also handwritten "Appd [illeg word]"
Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898). British Liberal statesman and scholar of Homer; served four times as Prime Minister of the UK.

Please cite as “WCP6316,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6316