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Ref NoWP/1/2/59
Alt Ref NoWP1/2/59
TitleAlfred Russel Wallace to Violet Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset
DescriptionLetter re winter weather; (travel) bags for Violet and her brother William; William going to Glasgow on another job; Alfred Russel Wallace's 'Evolution' article part-published this month, his article on language due out in three months or more; the Evans's business failing; Violet's final exams and career prospects as a kindergarten teacher; planned chess match, Poole and Parkstone against Bournemouth; sending copy of the 'R of R' with interesting articles on 'Merry England' and Mr Blatchford; Mrs Maclachlan and Hamish returning to Hindhead; Alfred Russel Wallace's answer to Mr Mott's enigma; death of Dr Fisher.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Violet, born 1869
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Blatchford, Robert, ('Nunquam') 1851-1943
[ ], Maclachlan, Mrs. fl 1894
Maclachlan, Hamish, born c 1889
Mott, Frederick Thompson, 1825-1908
Fisher, Dr, fl 1883
Place: Dorset England
Notes: Annotated at the top in blue pencil in an unknown hand: 'Riddle'.
Date31 Jan 1895
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM General Library
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