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Possible legal proceedings in a case involving non-payment by a customer to his sister-in-law Flora (Mitten). Rough plan of dining, kitchen, hall and drawing rooms [of "Old Orchard", Broadstone] in pencil on top half of last page.
William's career, enclosing a letter from H E Dresser; a note for Russell [Rollo] [note not enclosed]; dimensions and cost of land for garden, land rental costs.
The [Essex] Club; gardening; lawyers fees, estate duty, valuations; proposal to buy Consols.
Tract on small-holdings and Parish Council, Dorset County Council, Board of Agriculture and public meetings on small-holdings; entries and prizes for a Reading Contest.
Offering William the opportunity to edit My Life for a proposed shorter, cheap edition, describing the sections to be cut. Work will be offered to the Casey's if William cannot do it.
New edition of My Life with instructions for cutting sections and ink sketch of method of marking deletions.
With instructions to William for editing proof sheets for new edition of My Life.
Enclosing notes (not present) for William and Benham; building of fences; D.N. [Daily News] reading competition; work on proofs, (of Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes by Richard Spruce, ed. and condensed by ARW, [Dec. 1908]), discovery of Spruce drawings by Mr Slater.
With instructions for editing new edition of My Life; progress of fence-building; Daily News reading competition.
An enclosure [Income tax form not present] William's career, health, income tax, and jobs available in Australia.
With instructions re. marking up proofs for new edition of My Life; William's health and income tax; silver medallion of ARW by Bruce Joy on display at the Royal Academy.
Proposed sale by Lord Wimborne of land surrounding ARW's house and possible multiplicity of buildings and people, proposal that the family combine to buy extra land near house.
Editing proofs for new edition of My Life; exercise with a chair; gardening.
Order of Merit and Grand Cross Order of the Bath, knighthood, precedence and Whittaker's (Almanack).
Books sent to his son William Wallace for Christmas, Scottish artist Strang's visit, portrait in chalks [of ARW] for Windsor; William's sister Violet going to Hurst; lecture sent to London to be typed.
William's career, health, fees at sanatorium; wireless telegraphy; X-rays.
William's health, larynx, mediumistic healing, surgery; filing of papers and pamphlets; work on new book; encloses a "cutting of a rather old nigger story". Enclosures: letter from Dr A. Wallace, 39 Harley Street W London, 15 Mar 1909, to ARW re William's health; card recording an appointment for William with Dr St Clair Thomson.
Dora Best painting a portrait of ARW, possibly for sending to the Royal Academy; no more news about the Beaconsfield affair except that Prof Barrett and Dr Abraham Wallace will join it; William's sister Violet and May Swinton leaving tomorrow; beginning work on new edition of Wonderful Century; Mr Casey's latest enigma; reading Julie.
Progress of house building [at "Old Orchard", Broadstone], workmen's shop put up in grounds by Percy Curtis who will mark foundations next week and begin excavating; Mr Donkin says plans ready to send to Mr Barnes and building committee; water mains laid to main road; greenhouse ordered from Cooper; plans to put stove under house to warm both it and greenhouse; William to remember acetylene and fire-brick; sending books Kim and one on Anglo-Saxon history, opinions of both.