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WCP377

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Walter Bates
Date:
10 December 1861
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/52
  • Clodd, E. (Ed). (1892). In: The Naturalist on the River Amazon. London: John Murray. [pp. xxxiv-xxxv]
Summary:

Bates' paper on Papilios; Darwinian philosophy, geographical distribution of species, rivers as limits to distribution, ARW's Zoological Society paper on distribution of monkey species in Brazil; isolation of species from geographical origins, geological evidence; hopes Bates will write on Cicindelidae; collecting in Sumatra; plans to return to England.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP378

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
[22 Dec. 1861 & 20 Jan. 1862]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/53
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 199-201]
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 87-88]
Summary:

Plans to return to England; GS's preoccupation with politics; ARW's paper on New Guinea Native Trade, Blondin, Mr Fechter; Great Expectations; wet season in Sumatra; jungle animals; monkey behaviour; Malay language and customs; [Mony's] book on Java; Dutch and British colonial government; GS's siblings; Marriage, desirable qualities in a wife.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP379

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Wallace
Date:
2 January 1863
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/54
Summary:

Darwin's Origin of Species; ARW's discovery of the principle of natural selection; work on collections from Malay Archipelago, collector still employed there; possibility of engaging a collector in Sandwich Islands; 1862 London International Exhibition; marriage; nephews; American civil war; sending photos of himself.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3804

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
22 May 1864
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: DC English Letters 1857-1900 Vol. 104
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3805

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
3 May 1866
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: DC English Letters 1857-1900 Vol. 104
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3806

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
15 November 1866
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: DC English Letters 1857-1900 Vol. 104
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3807

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
18 January 1869
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: DC English Letters 1857-1900 Vol. 104
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP383

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Wallace
Date:
25 May 1869
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/59
Summary:

Probate [of his mother's will] and payment of Wallace family legacies with details of amounts; sister Fanny's finances; Thomas Sims's business; loss of money through investments; details of annual domestic expenditure; comparative cost of living in London and the country; sales of Malay Archipelago; application for museum position; request for seeds of wild Californian plants; children, ARW's daughter, now 4 months old, named Violet Isabel.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4000

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
12 August 1862
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/64
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4001

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
June 1863
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/65
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4002

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
[11] September 1863
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/66
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4003

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
28 September 1863
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/67
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4004

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
22 November 1863
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/68
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4005

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
2 April 1864
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/69
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4006

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
19 February 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/70
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4007

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
[17] April 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/71
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4008

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
22 April 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/72
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4009

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
3 May 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/73
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4010

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
30 June 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/74
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4011

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
10 August 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/75
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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