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Darwin Correspondence Project

To H. W. Bates   7 January 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

Jan 7th. 1881

My dear Bates

I write one line, as I am sure that the news will please you, viz that I have just received a note from Mr Gladstone himself, saying that he “will recommend Mr Wallace for a pension of 200£ a year.”.1 The Memorial was sent in only on the 5th & answer received today! Wonderfully kind of Mr Gladstone.— I am weary of writing notes, though beyond measure pleased.—

Ever Yours | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

See letter from W. E. Gladstone, 6 January 1881 and n. 1. Bates had signed the memorial to William Ewart Gladstone requesting a civil list pension for Alfred Russel Wallace (see letter to H. W. Bates, 3 January 1881).

Summary

Gladstone has recommended yearly pension of £200 for Wallace.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12984
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Henry Walter Bates
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12984,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12984.xml

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