| Ref No | WP/15/1/3 |
| Alt Ref No | WP15/1/3 |
| Title | William Mitten to his daughter |
| Description | Letter from William Mitten to his daughter [Annie W] from Hurstpierpoint, 9 Aug 1896, re her journey [to Switzerland] arrival and planting of flowers from her, the identity and growing conditions of plants including pulsatilla, campanula, anemone vernalis, anemone baldensis, and plants found around Zermatt, the Rhone glacier and Wengern, asking her to collect seeds of any dandelion-like plants and purple vetch; visit by aunts Sally and Lizzy; new local burial grounds.
Name: Mitten, William, 1819-1906
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, fl 1890
[ ], Sally, fl 1896
[ ], Lizzy, fl 1896
Place: Hurstpierpoint West Sussex, Switzerland
Notes: When first listed this was were in a brown cardboard box in the form of a book, titled 'Letters' on spine, containing miscellaneous apparently unrelated letters and photos; it seems more appropriate here. |
| Date | 9 Aug 1896 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX2511 | Mitten; William (1819-1906); Bryologist | 1819-1906 |
| PX5166 | Wallace; Annie (1846-1914); Mrs; Wife of Alfred Russel Wallace | 1846-1914 |