Progress of house-building; gift of garden plants from Italy from Sir Thomas Hanbury.
Progress of house-building; gift of garden plants from Italy from Sir Thomas Hanbury.
Receipt of plants from Italy; progress of house-building and garden; wages of labourers; cost of materials; arrival of Miss Buckton, a paying guest; William's sister Violet; encloses letter from the Cape (not present).
No summary available.
Gardening work at Broadstone; visitors at Broadstone; progress of house-building; William's holidays; sister Violet at home; Miss Buckton.
No summary available.
Progress of house-building and garden; visit to Corfe with Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) sister Violet and Miss Buckton.
Progress of house-building and garden; building costs; fossilised animal skull found when digging, sketch enclosed (not present); many visitors to the house; William's sister Violet.
No summary available.
Sketch enclosed (not present) of animal skull found in garden; furniture for house; Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) and sister Violet; progress of house-building.
No summary available.
William's holiday at Keswick; visit to Broadstone with Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) and Olive Casey; aquatic plants for garden arrived from America; slow progress in house-building; Conan Doyle's "Hound story" disappointing; awful West Indian volcanic eruption (Mount Pelee, Martinique, 8 May 1902).
Progress of house-building; William's holiday at Keswick, Mount Skiddaw; offer from a doctor to lease Corfe View.
House-building; garden; colour cure for sore eyes; final corrections to Ms of new edition of Wonderful Century.
Dr Paterson to lease Corfe View for 7 years; ARW plans to move into new house in September; garden; sister Violet coming home on a visit.
House-building; cost of building materials; estimate of total cost; hopes for an advance payment from Macmillan and money from Swan-Sonnenschein. Sketch of flooring section of house on p2.
No summary available.
William's engineering career; heavy bills for building; possibility of bank loan; Corfe View house; garden.
No summary available.
Re: William's career; house-building [of "Old Orchard" in Broadstone, Dorset] almost complete; costs of building. Enclosed is a drawing of the "North Bedroom".
Breeches Bible; William's engineering work at Rugby; Rugby school; house-building.