| Ref No | WP/6/8/3 |
| Alt Ref No | WP6/8/3 |
| Title | Papers re autobiography My Life |
| Description | Four loose folios of notes in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, with dates and brief descriptions of letters to him from Charles Darwin, in an envelope from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, postmarked on the back 13 Dec 1904, addressed to Wallace and annotated in his hand in ink on the back 'Darwin's letters used in my Autobiography.' This annotation has been crossed through in pencil and the following further annotations in pencil in another hand (William Greenell Wallace's?) added: 'Alfred Russel Wallace's notes | & Darwin notes on 'Island Life' - 6 f pages | & letters of Alfred Russel Wallace to Mr Pascoe - written from Celebes & Batchian.' Only Alfred Russel Wallace's notes re Darwin's letters are now in the envelope.
The folios are begin (1): 'Darwin's Letters | 1864 May. About paper on 'Man' ...'
(2) 'Darwin's Letters. | 1871. Jan 30th. About Descent of man ...'
(3) 'Darwin to me in Life & Letters. | June 1876 - On my Geog Distribution ...'
(4) 'Notes. | Darwin to Hooker - Feb 1881 ...'
Dated from the envelope postmark and evidence in letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to his family in 1904 mentioning work on his autobiography.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882
Wallace, William Greenell, 1871-1951
Notes: At least one of the letters listed, re the colour of caterpillars, is quoted in vol. 2 of 'My Life' so it is a reasonable assumption that this list DOES refer to quotes used in or considered for, Alfred Russel Wallace's autobiography despite the deletion on the envelope. |
| Date | [1904] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Notes |
| Level | Item |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 | [Source: http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/index1.htm] |
| PX677 | Darwin; Charles Robert (1809-1882); Naturalist | 1809-1882 | |
| CX5929 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; 1820 - present | 1820 - present | |