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Ref NoWP/1/1/138
Alt Ref NoWP1/1/138
TitleLetter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace, from Broadstone, Dorset
DescriptionUndated and untitled newspaper cutting approximately 7cm x 7cm with the by-line 'X.Y.Z.', a joke about a Judge and a 'black' thief, marked in the right hand margin with vertical pencil-lines. Probably an enclosure to his letter to William of 18 Mar 1909.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Place: Dorset England
Notes: Probably an enclosure to his letter of 18 Mar 1909 (see WP1/1/147) and placed within it. Annotated [WP1/1/138] [Encl to Mar 18, 1909] in pencil by PJL, 2002
Date[1907]
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM General Library
ExtentPress cutting
LevelItem

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CodePersonNameDates
PX473Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist1823-1913
PX5162Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer1871-1951
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