| Ref No | WP/1/2/56 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/2/56 |
| Title | Alfred Russel Wallace to Violet Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset |
| Description | Letter re recovery of his eyesight, one still inflamed, lost opportunity to view Mars with his telescope, accumulation of reading, writing and chess playing; discovery of a doctor (Turner) at Poole, who is a fellow orchid enthusiast; request for any spare plants if Violet should visit (orchid house) at Liverpool; purchase of educational books for her; unsuitability of Parkstone house for children, but Eleanor and her child may visit; sending two annotated numbers of the 'Vaccination Enquirer', impossibility of trusting doctors or officials on the subject.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Violet, born 1869
[ ], [Eleanor], fl 1893
Turner, [ ], fl 1894
Place: Dorset England
Notes: Annotated in pencil on top of first page in an unknown hand 'orchid good'. |
| Date | 25 Nov 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 |
| PX5467 | Turner; ? (fl 1894); Dr | fl 1894 |
| PX5168 | Wallace; Violet Isobel (1869-1945); Miss; Teacher | 1869-1945 |