| Ref No | WP/1/5/36 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/5/36 |
| Title | Alfred Russel Wallace to his wife Annie |
| Description | Letter enclosed with a letter to Annie's father William Mitten (see WP1/17/38): re her success in letting the house; visit to Yosemite and Santa Cruz with his brother John to see big trees; swollen and ulcerated lip confining him to the house, plans to visit Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada when well; ferns from Santa Cruz sent to Miss Jekyll; Mr Marshall; problems with posting items from America; Alfred Russel Wallace's San Francisco lecture on spiritualism well attended and further offer from Chicago, Spiritualism pays better than Natural History; sending ferns from Yosemite; description of Sequoia sempervirens seen in the Redwood forests and exotic plants in California; California as a place to live.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, born c.1846
Wallace, John, 1819-1895
Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932
Place: Stockton California USA
Notes: This letter was in the envelope addressed to William Mitten, now with the letter to him at WP1/17/38. PJL |
| Date | 1 July 1887 |
| 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 |
| PX5338 | Wallace; John (1819-1895) | 1819-1895 |
| PX5289 | Jekyll; Gertrude (1843-1932); Garden designer | 1843-1932 |
| PX5166 | Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace | 1846-1914 |