| Ref No | WP/1/1/28 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/1/28 |
| Title | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset |
| Description | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset, Jan 6 1899 re William's letter of December 16th [1898] and his plans for winter in America, advice to go south to New Mexico; comments on his news of Mac; Mac's coal-measuring machine; plans for electric tram from Bournemouth to Poole, Alfred Russel Wallace objects to line through Parkstone; no electric light at Parkstone; damage to garden when drains connected; disadvantages of growing under glass; American papers 'Coming Nation', 'American Fabian' and 'The Commonwealth'; 'The Clarion', McGinnis, Robert Blatchford; plans to start work in about a years time on new edition of 'Wonderful Century' and to start autobiography soon; Violet at the Schulz's, enclosing some verses by her and a card from her showing villages near Pössneck (neither present).
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Wallace, [Violet Isabel], born 1869
MacAlpine, G A, fl 1893- 1905
Schulz family, fl 1899
Blatchford, Robert, ('Nunquam') 1851-1943
Place: America Bournemouth Dorset England Poole Possneck Germany
Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: (226?) |
| Date | 6 Jan 1899 |
| 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 |
| PX5443 | Schulz family (fl 1899) | fl 1899 |
| PX5228 | Blatchford; Robert Peel Glanville (1851-1943); Journalist author and socialist | 1851-1943 |
| PX5244 | MacAlpine; G A (fl 1893-1905) | fl 1893-1905 |
| PX5162 | Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer | 1871-1951 |
| PX5168 | Wallace; Violet Isobel (1869-1945); Miss; Teacher | 1869-1945 |