Ɛpsilon

WCP7260

Postcard (WCP7260.8461)

[1]1,2

Miss. Alice M. Paddison3

Ynisygerwn Fach

Nr Neath

Glamorganshire

[2]

Bro<ads>tone,

Jany..18th 19<11>

Many thanks for you k<ind> congratulations.4,5 I remember your father6as a young man who was with me a short time to learn surveying.

yours truly | Alf<red> R.W<allace> [signature]

1
Some damage to the front and back of the postcard resulting in some textual loss.
2
Postmark on postcard reads: "BROADSTONE | [illeg.] | JA 19 | 11"
3
Jones (née Paddison), Alice Margaret (1862-1952). Third child of William Paddison. Married to her second cousin William Jones Jnr. of Tynyrheol, Tonna. No children.
4
ARW turned 88 on 8 January 1911.
5

Reply to letter sent by Alice to ARW on 10 January 1911. See WCP3293.

https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3293

6
Paddison, William (1824-1895). Farmer and estate agent. He was taught surveying at the Mechanics Institute in Neath by ARW.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Postcard (WCP7260.8461)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Chua, Christine [2024-12-18] Transcription checked by Beccaloni, George [2024-12-18]

Please cite as “WCP7260,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7260