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| Description | Undated postscript headed 'Baltimore' to a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from Baltimore, [Dec 1886] re Newhaven landscape; prof Marsh's 10 acre grounds and house of his own design with octagonal sitting room and rooms displaying china and artefacts including 'American Indian scalps' and heads of animals shot by Marsh; Marsh's travels in the Rocky Mountains; Baltimore park, streets and buildings; Maryland a 'Slave' state before the war, many people black, antics of black waiters in hotels.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899
Place: USA |