| Ref No | WP/1/5/43 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/5/43 |
| Title | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his father in law William Mitten |
| Description | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his father in law William Mitten, from Salt Lake City, 21 May 1887, urging Mitten to join him in June or July at Manitou Springs in the Rocky Mountains, has met a lady botanist who says plants magnificent; detailed instructions on route from Quebec or Montreal, advice on luggage, clothing, plant boxes and sphagnum, travel by steamer and train, sleeping car accommodation and cost versus hotels; plants seen growing wild in Salina, Kansas included Tradescantia virginica, Yucca angustifola, Penstemon cobaea and fields covered with a blue flower probably Camassia; will write to wife Annie from San Francisco.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Mitten, William, 1819-1906
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, born c.1846
Place: Utah USA Kansas USA Denver Colorado USA Canada
Notes: 2 folios. This letter was among others in a modern (1999) envelope labelled in Richard Wallace's hand 'Letters to Annie, William Greenell Wallace etc (&?) From Fred Birch' and was appended to this file in July 2003. |
| Date | 21 May 1887 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |
| PX2511 | Mitten; William (1819-1906); Bryologist | 1819-1906 |
| PX5166 | Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace | 1846-1914 |