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WCP362

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
20 February [1856]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/37
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 60-61]
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 182-183]
Summary:

Departure from Sarawak, leaving Charles behind; admirable character of Sir James Brooke; slow healing of injured foot; good collection of insects in Borneo; Sims' photography business; Fenton's Crimea photographs; justification of Crimean war.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP365

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
10 December 1856
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/40
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 64]
Summary:

Arrival of letters from home; birth of first niece or nephew; expense of Sims's rent and financial burden to his mother; departure for Aru in two days time; diet on Aru, list of food stores to be taken, scarcity of fowl, will eat Birds of Paradise and Kangaroo; friends and family; Eliza Roberts's moustache.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP376

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
10 October 1861
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/51
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 85-87]
Summary:

Ascent of a volcano, vegetation at the peak similar to English weeds, tropical on the lower slopes; comparative beauty of English and tropical plants; Dutch collectors for Leyden Museum; letter (not present) to be taken to Stevens with instructions re. ARW's specimens.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP391

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
6 July 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/74
Summary:

Fanny's sore throat and ARW's son William's move to Newcastle.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP397

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
31 December 1871
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/80
Summary:

Announcing the birth of his second child, a son, the previous night.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP399

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
26 August 1883
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/82
Summary:

Describing a visit to their childhood home in Usk; gravestones of Mary Anne and Emma [siblings] in the churchyard; visit to Ragland Castle; Rose and William Mitten at Abergavenny.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP401

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
24 August 1888
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/84
Summary:

House-hunting in Wales and Gloucestershire; visit to Miss North.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP402

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
22 December 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/85(2)
Summary:

A legacy of £10 left to Fanny by Miss Hudson; brother John's recovery from an accident; invitation to Fanny to visit Parkstone; sending her a Christmas turkey; £5 owed Fanny in a legal case; request for copies of photos of ARW.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP449

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
30 May 1887
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/33
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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