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WCP7277

Letter (WCP7277.8479)

[1]1

Sunday Evening, <21 November>2 1886

My dear Dr. Carter3

When I wanted to eat the pears at lunch which your daughter so kindly provided for me, I discovered that I had left my knife at your house – a three-bladed white-handled knife. If found perhaps you will be so good as to post it me here.

With best remembrances to Mrs. & Miss Cater and thanks for your kind hospitality which made my visit to Williamstown an exceptionally agreeable one[.]

Believe me, yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

I4 enclose a carte in order that you may remember me till next Summer[.]

1
Written on “THE QUINCY” hotel letterheaded notepaper.
2

According to ARW’s North American journal (WCP5794), he visited Carter on Friday 19 November 1886.

<https://linnean-online.org/54016/#?#/0&s=0&cv=0>

3
Carter, Franklin (1837-1919). American university lecturer of Latin, French and German. President of Williams College (USA) from 1881-1901.
4
This sentence was written vertically up the left hand side of the page.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP7277.8479)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Chua, Christine [2024-12-20] Transcription checked by Beccaloni, George [2024-12-20]

Please cite as “WCP7277,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7277