| Ref No | WP/1/2/53 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/2/53 |
| Title | Alfred Russel Wallace to Violet Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset |
| Description | Letter re the delights of Switzerland; visit by Dr and Mrs Wigglesworth, daughter of H H Higgins, from Liverpool, Dr W recently stabbed by a patient at the lunatic asylum, description of incident and surgery on his severed carotid artery; alpine plants collected for Alfred Russel Wallace by Clement Reid delayed in post and some dead; Alfred Russel Wallace writing an article on 'some Darwinian heresies' for the 'Fortnightly' and about to write another on 'The expressiveness of speech'; plans to view Mars with his telescope; William (Violet's brother) back in Newcastle.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Violet, born 1869
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Reid, Clement, 1853 -1916
Wigglesworth, [ ], fl 1894
Wigglesworth, [ ], Mrs, née Higgins, fl 1894
Place: Dorset England |
| Date | 25 Sep 1894 |
| 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 |
| PX5464 | Wigglesworth; ? (fl 1894); Dr | fl 1894 |
| PX5557 | Reid; Clement (1853-1916); Geologist | 1853-1916 |
| PX5465 | Wigglesworth (fl 1894); Mrs | fl 1894 |
| PX5168 | Wallace; Violet Isobel (1869-1945); Miss; Teacher | 1869-1945 |
| PX5162 | Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer | 1871-1951 |