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| Description | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace, from Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 18 Mar 1909, re William's health, larynx, mediumistic healing, surgery; filing of papers and pamphlets; work on new book; encloses a 'cutting of a rather old nigger story'. (See WP1/1/138). Enclosures: letter from Dr A. Wallace, 39 Harley Street W London, 15 Mar 1909, to Alfred Russel Wallace re William's health (WP1/1/150); card recording an appointment for William with Dr St Clair Thomson (WP1/1/151).
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Wallace, A, fl 1909
Thomson, St Clair fl 1909
Place: Dorset England
Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 126. On headed paper. |