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WCP1283

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
March 1853
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/9
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

Will answer some of your questions. ‘I’ve quite given up on making a fortune in California;” but am financially comfortable, will not return to live in England. Was just elected Superintendent and Chief Engineer of our water company, can have the job as long as I want it. Company has provided a horse, “frequently have to ride 25 or 50 miles per day on rough mountain roads” to maintain water system. Doing good business, will soon be out of debt and into profits. Gives specifications of five mile long water flume, and asks family to check his estimates of daily flow. . Will be able to pay back loans soon.

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WCP1284

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
8 May 1853
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/10
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

Discusses promising new technology of the Erickkson [sic] (Ericsson) Caloric Engine, an innovative heat transfer machine, fueled by wood or coal. His job as head of the Water project includes “laying out branch ditches, building dams and bridges, fluming across valleys, etc.” Must be on call at any hour “when anything happens to the ditch”; must immediately assemble a crew of laborers to repair damage. He supervises every detail of the whole system, 40 miles long “over roughest country and steepest hillsides.”

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WCP1289

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
11 February 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/15
  • California Historical Society
Summary:

One of a set of letters providing in-depth descriptions John Wallace's life in the gold mining town of Columbia, California, building a system to bring water to gold mining operations in the town.

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WCP1454

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
6 October 1858
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 270.3: 1
Summary:

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WCP1462

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe
Date:
28 November 1858
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/262
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/262
Summary:

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WCP1463

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe
Date:
20 July 1859
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/263
Summary:

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WCP1532

From:
James Brooke
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
31 October 1857
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/9/32
  • Wallace, A. R. (1869). In: The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, With Studies of Man and Nature. Vol. 1. London: Macmillan & Co. [p. 98]
Summary:

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WCP1638

From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
18 July 1853
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/11 WP1/3/96/12
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

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WCP1701

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
10 March 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 7339/232
Summary:

Talks of administrative matters. Tells of some collection that left by the Water Lily Singapore on 5th March including, orang skins and skulls, ferns and insects bird and mammal skins, shells, reptiles and directs Stevens what should be done with these collections.

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WCP1702

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
12 May 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 7339/233
Summary:

Talks of the difficulties he has had in getting to Macassar and his preparations he has made for collecting once he arrives there. He is sending two cases to Stevens - one full of books which he wants to sell and the other full of monkey skins, shells, insects for sale as well as insects, birds and monkey skull for private collection. Also some items addressed to Mrs Wallace and Mr Sims. Encloses a letter for forwarding to Bates.

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WCP1703

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
21 August 1856
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: Add. 7339/234
  • Wallace, A. R. (1857). [Letter from Alfred R. Wallace dated 21 Aug. 1856, Ampanam, Lombock; communicated by Samuel Stevens]. Zoologist: 15(171-172): 5414-5416
Summary:

Mentions lack of insects to be found in the area in the dry season and attributes this to the cultivation of this area. Has had more success in collecting birds. The birds in this area "throw great light on the laws of Geographical distribution of Animals in the East". He is preparing a short account of his theory for publication. His bird collection amounts to 68 species of which about 20 are not found to the west of the island. Goes on to describe the land and its cultivation. Details some specimens he is sending to Singapore for shipping home (includes birds for sale, butterflies, beetles and land and fresh water shells). Offers the domestic duck to Darwin as well as the jungle cock.

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WCP1704

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
27 September 1856
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: Add. 7339/235
  • Wallace, A. R. (1857). [Letter from Alfred R. Wallace dated 27 Sept. 1856, Macassar]. Zoologist: 15(176): 5559-5560
Summary:

Talks of his arrival in Celebes [Sulawesi] and describes very sparse land. There are some woods (patch of about 6-8 miles) and he has found some birds and butterflies but no beetles. Talks of the difficulties collecting here being similar to that of the Amazon. Good collection of birds, including an abundance of Raptorial birds - the first place he has found these in the Archipelago. Collected over 40 species of bird, which he believes include some new species. Then talks of local traditions and some administrative matters.

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WCP1705

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
29 October 1858
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: Add. 7339/236
  • Wallace, A. R. (1859). [Extract from letter from Alfred R. Wallace dated 29 Oct. 1858, Batchian, Moluccas; to Samuel Stevens and communicated by him to the ESL meeting of 7 March 1859]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London: 1858-1859: 61
  • Wallace, A. R. (1859). [Extract from letter from Alfred R. Wallace dated 29 Oct. 1858, Batchian, Moluccas; to Samuel Stevens and read by him at the ZSL meeting of 22 March 1859]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 27: 129
Summary:

Talks of collecting beetles and birds (some new species) at the Kaisal Islands. 20 new species of Loyrcorus and several species of the genus Serixia. Discovered a new bird of paradise (new genus). Surprised to find it so far out. Mentions that the essay he sent to Darwin on "Varieties" has been read out alongside Darwin's at the Linnean; asks if they are published can Stevens obtain a few copies and send them to ARW's friends.

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WCP1829

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Wallace
Date:
20 April 1855
Source of text:
California Historical Society
Summary:

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WCP1839

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
1 May 1857
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 1-4
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 129-131]
  • Darwin, F. (1909). Some letters from Charles Darwin to Alfred Russel Wallace. Christ's College Magazine: 23(70): 214-231 [pp. 214-217]
Summary:

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WCP1840

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
22 December 1857
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 5-8
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 131-133]
  • Darwin, F. (1909). Some letters from Charles Darwin to Alfred Russel Wallace. Christ's College Magazine: 23(70): 214-231 [pp. 217-219]
Summary:

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WCP1841

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
25 January [1859]
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 9-12
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 134-135]
  • Darwin, F. (1909). Some letters from Charles Darwin to Alfred Russel Wallace. Christ's College Magazine: 23(70): 214-231 [pp. 220-222]
Summary:

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WCP1842

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
6 April 1859
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 13-14
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 136-137]
  • Darwin, F. (1909). Some letters from Charles Darwin to Alfred Russel Wallace. Christ's College Magazine: 23(70): 214-231 [pp. 222-224]
Summary:

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WCP1843

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
9 August 1859
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 15-17
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 137-139]
  • Darwin, F. (1909). Some letters from Charles Darwin to Alfred Russel Wallace. Christ's College Magazine: 23(70): 214-231 [pp. 224-225]
Summary:

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WCP1844

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
13 November 1859
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 18-19
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 139-140]
  • Darwin, F. (1909). Some letters from Charles Darwin to Alfred Russel Wallace. Christ's College Magazine: 23(70): 214-231 [pp. 226-227]
Summary:

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