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WCP7278

Letter (WCP7278.8480)

[1]1

Aug. 8th. 1887

President Carter2

My dear Sir

Your kind invitation dated June 2nd. only reached me today on the eve of my return to England. All June I was in California & only returned East ten days since, when the summer was too far advanced to make the country very interesting to me. I had a few days at the Michigan Agricultural College where I lectured & where the botanists showed me some fine native forests & swamps. I spent a week botanising in the Rocky Mountains & was greatly charmed.

With kind regards, Believe me | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Written on “WINDSOR HOTEL” headed notepaper.
2
Carter, Franklin (1837-1919). American university lecturer of Latin, French and German. President of Williams College (USA) from 1881-1901.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP7278.8480)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP7278,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7278