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| Description | Undated note from Alfred Russel Wallace with no addressee, possibly to George Silk, initialled Alfred Russel Wallace, headed 'On board steamer from Ternate to Timor Jan 2nd 1861'; re two months spent in Ternate dealing with a year's mail, cleaning, arranging and packing collections of birds, insects and shells for shipment to England and preparing for further expeditions; paper on 'The native trade with New Guinea' sent to the 'Geographical'.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Silk, George C, fl 1892
Place: Ternate Moluccas Netherlands Indies
Notes: Not listed in contents. |