From A. R. Wallace 14 September 1878
Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, | Croydon.
Septr. 14th. 1878
Dear Darwin
An appointment is soon to be made of some one to have the superintendence of Epping Forest under the new Act, and as it is a post which of all others I should like I am trying very hard to get up interest enough to secure it.1 One of the means is the enclosed memorial which has been already signed by Sir J. Hooker & Sir J. Lubbock & to which I feel sure you will add your name, which I expect has weight “even in the City”.2
For want of anything better to do I have been grinding away at a book on geography of Australasia for Stanford for the last 6 months.3
Hoping you are in good health and with my best compliments to Mrs. Darwin & the rest of your family | Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace—
C. Darwin Esq.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Raby, Peter. 2001. Alfred Russel Wallace: a life. London: Chatto & Windus.
Summary
Requests support for his appointment as Superintendent of Epping Forest.
Working on a book [Australasia. Stanford’s compendium of geography and travel, edited and extended by A. R. Wallace (1879)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11693
- From
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Duppas Hill
- Source of text
- DAR 106: B138–9
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11693,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11693.xml