WCP6990

Letter (WCP6990.8100)

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Holly House,

Barking, E.

Oct. 12th. 1871.¹

Dear D^r. Hooker

I have just received the seeds of Herbaceous plants you so kindly promised me. They are of great interest to me & I thank you very much for them.

Believe me, | Yours very truly, | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

D^r. Hooker F.R.S.

Director of the Royal Gardens

Kew

"Naturalist pub[lish]^ed[?] at same time as Darwin" is written in pencil in an unknown, possibly modern, hand below the date.

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP6990.8100)]

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Transcribed by Sherwood, Danni [2020-05-19] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2022-07-19]

Please cite as “WCP6990,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6990

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Record number: WCP6990
Item number: 8100
From: Alfred Russel Wallace
To: Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date: 12 October 1871
Sent from: Holly House, Tanner Street, Barking, London, E., England
Sent to: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, England
Source of text: Newcastle University Library, Special Collections: SW/1/20/1, Spence Watson/Weiss Archive
Physical description: Letter, 1 p. of contemporary text
Hand: Handwritten in the author’s hand and signed by author
Language: English