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WCP226

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
3 April 1892
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/25
  • Wallace, W. G. & Wallace, V. (1916). Part IV. Home Life. 103-138. In: Marchant, J. (Ed.). Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 113]
Summary:

House at Godalming; family; Violet's order for pair of hedgehogs; bookbinding costs; horses; ARW's review of Pampas book; new medal.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP227

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
5 May 1892
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/26
  • Wallace, W. G. & Wallace, V. (1916). Part IV. Home Life. 103-138. In: Marchant, J. (Ed.). Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 114]
Summary:

Tickets for Zoo; servants; socialism; Examiners meeting; Land Nationalisation meeting; horticultural exhibitions.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP228

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
20 May 1892
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/27
Summary:

Gardening; writing; examining; Geographical medal; (Linnean Society) medal; family.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP229

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
9 June 1892
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/28
Summary:

Growing grape-vines; marking exam papers, including examples of some answers; ARW's address to Land Nationalisation meeting; Nutwood cottage garden.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP230

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
3 July 1892
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/29
Summary:

Land nationalisation meeting; visit to Kew gardens; reading proofs of Australasia; article for Natural Science; Violet's career; lecture by Mrs Britten; family.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP231

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
21 August 1892
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/30
Summary:

Excursion to Kimmeredge Bay; Venerable Bede; payment from the Nineteenth Century (magazine).

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP232

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
16 May [1893]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/31
Summary:

Violet's career; loss of a parcel of books sent by rail.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP233

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
2 June 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/32
Summary:

Marking of exams; upcoming holidays; attempts to let the house; discovery of missing parcel of books; anatomy of flowers, including an ink sketch of a flower section with parts labelled; Violet's career.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP234

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
28 June 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/33
Summary:

Attempts to let house; Violet's expenses; flora and fauna of Chee Tor and Chee Dale; Deepdale.

Contributor:
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WCP235

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
2 July 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/34
Summary:

Attempts to let house; article on House of Lords sent to Harris; letter from her brother William.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP236

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
5 July 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/35
Summary:

Letting house and proposed holiday in the Lake district; her brother William's new lodgings in Newcastle-on-Tyne; loss of the ship Victoria, Violet's expenses.

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WCP237

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
16 July 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/36
Summary:

Train journey from Dorset; description of Dove Dale and surrounding area; costs of accommodation; tourists; death of "H.H.H." (Henry Higgins).

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WCP238

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
23 July [1893]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/37
Summary:

Describing walks around Ambleside; visit to Mrs Pritt.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP239

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
1 October 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/38
Summary:

Violet's career; ferns from Cumbria; house repairs; work on second paper on the geology of the Lake District for the Fortnightly.

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WCP240

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
8 October 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/39
Summary:

Violet's career; local friends; ARW's lecture at Parkstone Institute on "The Colours of Animals"; the Nineteenth Century; conservative journalism and the coal strike; articles in progress on glacial lakes.

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WCP241

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
22 October 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/40
Summary:

Geological Survey; books read; Psychical Science Congress; delayed publication of article in the Nineteenth Century; Sharpe suggests article on House of Lords suitable for The Speaker; articles on the glacial epoch and the formation of lakes in the Fortnightly; garden plants; building of a pond.

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WCP242

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
31 October 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/41
Summary:

Violet's club visits, her request for moss and peacock feathers; building and stocking of garden pond; delay of publication of article.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP243

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
8 November 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/42
Summary:

Violet's visits to a club for working girls; [Liverpool Museum]; advice on bookshelves with ink sketch plan; Christmas plans and gifts.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP244

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
26 November 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/43
Summary:

Violet's career and writing; Lake Tahoe; books read; shipwrecks in recent storm; garden pond; broken boiler; death of Mr Seller.

Contributor:
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WCP245

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
16 December 1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/44
Summary:

Journalist's interview; articles on the unemployed and House of Lords, Daily Chronicle; Contemporary Review; storm damage to local houses and shipping; plans for Christmas; night skies.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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