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From:
John Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
17 September 1856
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/19
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.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project