| Ref No | WP/1/3/83 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/3/83 |
| Title | Letter from Fanny Sims to her brother Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Description | Letter from Fanny Sims to her brother Alfred Russel Wallace from 70 Lillie Road West Brompton, 27 June 1887, with annotated envelope addressed to Alfred Russel Wallace at Windsor Hotel, Denver, Colorado, postmarked on front Stockton Jul 18 1887 and on back Dever Col -date illegible. The letter, written as an enclosure to a letter to their brother John, is re papers received from California with news of Alfred Russel Wallace's lectures there; John's conversion (to spiritualism); possible identity of people named [during a seance]; the Sims's (photography) business, lack of wealthy customers, photographing cowboys from the American Exhibition.
Name: Sims, Frances, née Wallace, died 1893
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, John, 1819-1895
Place: California USA London England
Notes: Envelope annotated in pencil on front [in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand] 'Fanny some mention of family relations &c'. |
| Date | 27 June 1887 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |
| PX5338 | Wallace; John (1819-1895) | 1819-1895 |
| PX5339 | Sims; Frances (1812-1893); Mrs | 1812-1893 |