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WCP456

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Mitten
Date:
31 July 1887
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/40
Summary:

From ARW to his father-in-law instructing he forward the enclosed information to Annie his wife about his movements and intentions regarding his returning home from his North American tour. ARW also describes his trip out the previous day to a primeval forest and the plant species he encountered.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP457

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
31 July 1887
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/41
Summary:

From ARW to his wife describing his week spent in the Rocky Mountains and celebrating the plant variety there. He remarks that the air was too dry for ferns. ARW states that Colorado Springs is the only place in America that it would be pleasant to live. He advises Annie that he will be leaving for home at once via Kingston and Quebec and sailing to Liverpool or Glasgow.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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