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Ref NoWP/1/6/6
Alt Ref NoWP1/6/6
TitleFred Birch to Alfred Russel Wallace from Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil
DescriptionPostcard thanking Alfred Russel Wallace for the pamphlet (by Sir Arthur Cotton) on intensive agriculture which has arrived safely along with copies of 'The New Age', is delighted with it; gives details of his gardening methods and previous year's crops of oats and potatoes, potatoes this year destroyed by ants; adds to description of Calliste birds given in last letter (see WP1/6/5) and corrects description of Toucan; reminds Alfred Russel Wallace he wants details of prices, soil, temperature and rainfall of land in Devonshire.
Name: Birch, Frederick R, fl 1897-1910
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Cotton, Sir Arthur Thomas, knight,1903-1899
New Age, The, 1907-1922
Place: Brazil Devonshire
Date19 July 1910
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM General Library
ExtentPostcard
LevelItem

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CodePersonNameDates
PX5204Birch; Frederick R (fl 1897-1910)fl 1897-1910
PX473Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist1823-1913
CX6565New Age, The; 1907-19221907-1922
PX5632Cotton; Sir; Arthur Thomas (1803-1899)1803-1899
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