Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Letter from W. A. Horn to W. B. Spencer 24/12/1894

Physical Description

24.12.1894. From W. A. Horn (in Damerham) to B. S. (in Australia), concerning non-receipt of reports and list of specimens - Note of peevishness.

Primary Comments

Correspondence relating to the Horn Expedition to Australia

Transcript

Letter from W. A. Horn to W. B. Spencer 24/12/1894 - Page 1

West Park
Damerham
Salisbury
24 Decr./94
My dear Spencer,
I am still without any list of specimens collected by the expedition although one of the articles specially provided that such were to be sent in immediately on the return of the party I have not heard a word from either Tate or Watt possibly it has escaped their memories that I had anything to do with their going out.
I took a number of your photos to Sir Wm Ingram the proprietor of the Illustrated London news but they have not

Letter from W. A. Horn to W. B. Spencer 24/12/1894 - Page 2

appeared as yet – I am afraid most of the natives are a little too indistinct to make good pictures
I saw Balfour at the Oxford museum & he is very much interested and anxious to hear more about the results and so are the Royal Geographical Society, but except the particulars gleaned from yourself and Winnecke I don’t know much about it and it makes me feel rather foolish when they ask questions which I am unable to answer
Can you hurry up any of the reports and get them sent on to me
Sincerely yours
W A Horn

Rights: Pitt Rivers Museum

Document Details

Date Made
24/12/1894
Creator
Region
Damerham
State
U.K.

Document Details

Letter To
Sir, Spencer, Walter Baldwin

Institution

Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
Registration
PRM1A_06