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WCP356

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
28 August 1854
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/31
Summary:

Rebuilding and surveying after fire in the town; presumed loss of the steamer City of Glascau (Glasgow); Wilson's plans to emigrate to Australia; widow McCann; mining speculation; quartz mine; Dr Pownall sharing house; growing tomatoes; interesting Californian spider and fly; ARW's assistant; hot weather.

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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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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WCP403

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
30 June 1892
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/86(2)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/86(3)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/86(1)
Summary:

Letter and MS in John Wallace's hand, headed "The Work problem 50 years ago by a Worker" with notes on the wages and conditions for builders' labourers in London from 1835-1845. The letter comments on his MS and the problem of alcoholism in the working classes in the past.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP404

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
18 November 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/87
Summary:

Acknowledgement on October 1 of ARW's letter dated September 15 reporting the death of their sister Fanny; work on connecting houses to a sewerage system emptying into the San Joaquin River, expense of board of health building requirements; general economic depression due to the Democratic administration; ARW's reaction in his letter of August 23 to John's views on the theories of the Earth's crust.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5119

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
May 1870
Source of text:
Wallace, J. (1871). [Extracts of letters from John Wallace about horned toads and rattlesnakes]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London : 39 (1): 1-2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5120

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
October 1870
Source of text:
Wallace, J. (1871). [Extracts of letters from John Wallace about horned toads and rattlesnakes]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London : 39 (1): 1-2 [p. 2]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5572

From:
John Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
5 May 1849
Source of text:
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • California Historical Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5573

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
16 July 1849
Source of text:
Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5576

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
11 February 1854
Source of text:
Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5577

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
August 1853
Source of text:
California Historical Society
Summary:

John’s instructions to ARW on paying back debts of 180 lbs borrowed in 1849 to their mother and others. Will also send some beetles he has collected to find out if they may be valuable.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5581

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
4 December 1878
Source of text:
California Historical Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP6628

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
18 July 1853
Source of text:
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/106
Summary:

In response to family requests for his picture as a rough, full-bearded miner, has had a Deguerreotype [sic] of himself made “in a medium state...passing from the rough barbarian state of early Californian life to the more peaceful and mild state of civilization.” Emphasizes that he is not a miner, but chief Engineer to the Toulumne County Water Company which supplies great quantities of necessary water in to hundreds of mines. Happy to report that his Company is a success. Requests picture of them in turn. Brother helped him (by letter) calculate the amount of water discharged to be 11 ½ million gallons every 24 hours. Describes system of reservoir and delivery system, which frequently is disrupted, sometimes flooding the town. Expresses interest in fad for mind over matter experiment, later known as telekinsesis.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP7078

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[1891?]
Source of text:
  • Wallace, A. R. (1891). [LTTE]. Light (London): 11(533): 133-134
  • Wallace, A. R. (1891). [LTTE]. Light (London): 11(533): 133-134 [p. 133]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP7101

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[1876?]
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1877). Glacial drift in California. Nature : 15 (378): 274-275
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP7102

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[1875]
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1875). In: On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism. Three Essays . London: James Burns. [pp. 191-192]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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