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Ref NoWP/1/2/52
Alt Ref NoWP1/2/52
TitleAlfred Russel Wallace to Violet Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset
DescriptionLetter re her proposed tour to Switzerland and Italy with Madame Lund's party, sending £10 towards expenses; arrangement for meeting her brother William and visiting Parkstone; description of Alfred Russel Wallace's and Ma's (Annie Wallace) ten days in Devon, wildflowers and ferns at Bolt Head, Salcombe and Brent; blue poppies and pink waterlily in flower in garden; two nearby houses including Mr Clement Reid's lodgings destroyed by fire.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Violet, born 1869
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, fl 1890
Reid, Clement, 1853 -1916
Place: Devonshire Dorset England Italy Switzerland
Date14 July 1894
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM General Library
ExtentLetter
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PX473Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist1823-1913
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PX5162Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer1871-1951
PX5166Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace1846-1914
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