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| Description | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to George Silk, from Lobo Raman, Sumatra, 22 Dec 1861, continued Singapore, 20 Jan 1862, re plans to return to England; GS's preoccupation with politics; Alfred Russel Wallace;s paper on New Guinea 'Native' Trade, Blondin, Mr Fechter; 'Great Expectations'; wet season in Sumatra; jungle animals; monkey behaviour; Malay language and customs; [Mony's] book on Java; Dutch and British colonial government; GS's siblings; Marriage, desirable qualities in a wife.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Silk, George C, fl 1892
Fechter, Charles Albert, 1824-1879
Money?, ?, fl 1860
Blondin, 1824-1897
Place: Lobo Raman Sumatra Java Netherlands Indies India
Notes: Letter no in contents list: 51. Five folios |