| Ref No | WP/1/5/6 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/5/6 |
| Title | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his wife Annie |
| Description | Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his wife Annie, from Boston, 22 Nov 1886 re receipt of her letter after a month without news; visit to Williamstown, sending plants of fern polystichum acrostichoides growing near a waterfall there and some moth cocoons for son William, moths should emerge in spring, instructions for care; stay with Dr Carter, President of the (Williamstown) College, and his daughter, invitation to return to view spring flowers; orchids including Cypripedum spectabile common; has sent gentian seeds to her papa (William MItten); fears for his voice as has a cold, will wear respirator whenever going out, to travel 100 miles to lecture tomorrow; people becoming 'oppresively kind and respectful.'
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, born c.1846
Carter, [ ], fl 1886
Wallace, [Violet Isabel] 1869-1945
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Mitten, William, 1819-1906
Place: Boston Massachusetts USA Williamstown Massachusetts USA |
| Date | 22 Nov 1886 |
| 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 |
| PX5758 | Carter; ? (fl 1886) | fl 1886 |
| PX2511 | Mitten; William (1819-1906); Bryologist | 1819-1906 |
| PX5166 | Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace | 1846-1914 |
| PX5168 | Wallace; Violet Isobel (1869-1945); Miss; Teacher | 1869-1945 |
| PX5162 | Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer | 1871-1951 |