Ɛpsilon

WCP734

Postcard (WCP734.906)

[1]1

Broadstone, Wimborne.

May 9th. 1905

<G>ot yours of Ap. 20th. last week. Hope this [MS burned] reach you at Sta. Catalina, & to hear <goo>d news of the collecting there. You told me [MS burned] about Mr. Thayer2 when you were at Caparo.

I wrote you so fully, last mail, on all the <sub>jects you touch on that I really have nothing <mor>e to say now. The inconveniences of being <wit>hout an agent are enormous! Suppose Mr. Druce3 should die suddenly there would be no one <to l>ook after your collections. Till you become independent with a capital of say £.100 clear, Keep with Janson4 at all hazards. You have spoken [MS burned]. That may do good. Yours | A.R.W.

[2]

[Front of postcard]

Mr. Fred. Birch

Belmont

Port of Spain

Trinidad

W. Indies

[Postmarked] PORT OF SPAIN C MY 23 O6 TRINIDAD

1
Birch, Frederick ("Fred") (1876-1952). British naturalist and natural history collector. Honorary Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society.
2
Thayer, Abbott Handerson (1849-1921). American artist and proponent on animal colouration and camouflage.
3
Possibly Herbert Druce (1846-1913). British entomologist.
4
Janson, Oliver Erichson (1850-1925). British entomologist and dealer.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP734.906)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2014-06-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP734,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP734