WCP6647

Published letter (WCP6647.7696)

[1]

7 Lord Mortimer St.

This Last day of Beer month

[31 October] 1868.

My dear Sir

I got home again, too late to avail myself of your invite for the 28th—1Thanks for the Card! Our extacy2 is great!

Please present Mrs. Wallace3 with "a piece of plate"[.]4

from | Thine in Amity | T. Purland [signature]

1
ARW's card sent to Purland is presumed missing.
2
Archaic form of ecstasy.
3
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.
4
Purland refers to half of a small print in blue of an old willow-pattern plate pasted in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Published letter (WCP6647.7696)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Siewert, Betsy [2020-07-28] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-12-31]

Please cite as “WCP6647,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6647