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Ref NoWP/1/3/50
Alt Ref NoWP1/3/50
TitleLetter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother (Mary Ann Wallace)
DescriptionLetter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother (Mary Ann Wallace) from Sourabaya, 20 Jul 1861 re plans to collect specimens in Java en route to Singapore and return from there to England; stores and baggage carried on previous expeditions; plans for work and accommodation on return to England.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Mary Anne, born c 1789 died 1868
Sims, Frances, née Wallace, died 1893
Sims, Thomas, fl 1850
Place: Sourabaya Java Netherlands Indies
Notes: Letter no in contents list: 48. Annotated in pencil, possibly in Alfred Russel Wallace's older hand, '? Use some of this in preface.'
Date20 July 1861
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM General Library
ExtentLetter
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PX473Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist1823-1913
PX5292Sims; Thomas (1826-1910); Photographer1826-1910
PX5339Sims; Frances (1812-1893); Mrs1812-1893
PX5173Wallace; Mary Anne (c1789-1868); née Greenellc1789-1868
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