| Ref No | WP/1/2/55 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/2/55 |
| Title | Alfred Russel Wallace to Violet Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset |
| Description | Letter re sending insect specimens, shells, Natal spider and its nest, and a live beetle to Violet for teaching purposes; Miss Heath; books for Violet's exams; plans for her 'K.G.' [kindergarten], selling 'Nutwood' impossible as it brings in £50 a year, income and housing for the family after his death; bad news from California of Alfred Russel Wallace's brother (John) who has cancer, Alfred Russel Wallace suspects vaccination the cause; Alfred Russel Wallace's eyesight.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Violet, born 1869
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, fl 1890
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Wallace, John, 1819-1895
Place: Dorset England |
| Date | 5 Nov 1894 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 | [Source: http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/index1.htm] |
| PX5338 | Wallace; John (1819-1895) | 1819-1895 | |
| PX5168 | Wallace; Violet Isobel (1869-1945); Miss; Teacher | 1869-1945 | |
| PX5166 | Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace | 1846-1914 | note in WGW's? hand apparently intended for a gravestone. |
| PX5162 | Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer | 1871-1951 | |