| Ref No | WP/1/4/3 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/4/3 |
| Title | Alfred Russel Wallace to Annie Wallace, from Parkstone, Dorset |
| Description | Letter re Annie's safe arrival at Malvern; lunch with Sir Reginald and Lady Palgrave, the Watkins, Dr Allman and Miss Travers at Mr Dugmore's, Alfred Russel Wallace left early as all talking 'Primrose League'; arrangement of refurbished study; tea at Mrs Barnes's with the Nichols, Mrs Cooper, the Pocock family and Mrs Maitland; Violet doing gymnastics; the Huddlestones renting a house at Bournemouth; sending a copy of 'Natural Science'containing photos of Coral reefs for Miss Shaen; will send 'Fortnightly'on; London Library; Annie's health regimen; cooking.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, born c.1846
Palgrave, Sir Reginald Francis Douce, Knight, 1829-1904
Shaen, Miss, fl 1892
Place: Parkstone Dorset England
Notes: 'The Primrose League was a patriotic mass organisation nominally independent from, but allied to the British Conservative Party. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, it politically mobilised large numbers of British women.' (Matthew Hendley 1996,The Canadian Historical Association) Source: Web page |
| Date | 1 Nov 1892 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |
| PX5688 | Shaen (fl 1892); Miss | fl 1892 |
| PX5305 | Allman (fl 1893); Physician | fl 1893 |
| PX5687 | Palgrave; Sir; Reginald Francis Douce (1829-1904); | 1829-1904 |
| PX5166 | Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace | 1846-1914 |
| PX7009 | Cooper (fl 1891-1892); Mrs | fl 1891-1892 |