WCP843

Letter (WCP843.1015)

[1]

[in blue pencil in unknown hand] Wallace

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne.

Octr 31st. 1909

Dear Mr. O. Thomas1

I send enclosed cutting from a correspondent at Melbourne, in case it shd. not have been brought to your notice. As I do not remember hearing of any Australian mammal of the size & characters described I hope it may be worth your notice attention[.]

yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Thomas, Oldfield Michael Rogers (1858-1929). Assistant keeper of Mammalia at the Natural History Museum.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP843.1015)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-01-28] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP843,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP843