| Ref No | WP/1/4/10 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/4/10 |
| Title | Alfred Russel Wallace to Annie Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset |
| Description | Letter re her arrival at Adelboden and receipt of her letter and Violet's card; work in garden and orchid house, box of orchids expected from Singapore shortly, teaching Kate [housemaid] how to care for orchids in his absence; his tickets and luggage labels (for Switzerland) have arrived with list of party, including Mr Le Gallienne, a poet and alleged Socialist; will stay on arrival at Hotel Victoria Davos Platz; looks forward to going on to Adelboden.
Stamped letter addressed to Mrs Wallace, Pension Edelweiss, Adelboden Switzerland, postmarked on the front Parkstone 10 Aug 1896 and on the back Adelboden 12 Aug 1896, annotated in blue pencil [in Alfred Russel Wallace's or William Greenell Wallace's hand] ['Frumner']
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, born c.1846
Wallace, [Violet Isabel], born 1869
Gallienne, Richard Le, 1866-1947
Place: Parkstone Dorset England Switzerland
Notes: Letter annotated in blue pencil at the top of first page, [same hand as envelope] '[Garden & Switzerland'. Sic, no close bracket.RECORD MODIFIED 22/7/03, 22/8/03, 15/9/03. OLD REF WP1/19/3/4 AND later WP1/21/10. This letter was previously filed in a paper folder labelled [in William Greenell Wallace's hand] 'Gardening' almost certainly selected for J. Marchant when writing Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences (London 1916). |
| Date | 9 Aug 1896 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |
| PX5644 | Gallienne; Richard Le (1866-1947) | 1866-1947 |
| PX5166 | Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace | 1846-1914 |
| PX5168 | Wallace; Violet Isobel (1869-1945); Miss; Teacher | 1869-1945 |