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WCP1657

From:
Herbert Edward ("Edward") Wallace
To:
Richard Spruce
Date:
15 March 1850?
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/21
Summary:

Living conditions in Barra [Amazonas, Brazil]. Doggerel about fishing: “Here we work with Net and Trigger/By the famous river Nigger” (Watertown) Puns on local words: “All the ‘redes’ (nets) possess a title because they’re Barra-nets.”

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1656

From:
Herbert Edward ("Edward") Wallace
To:
Richard Spruce
Date:
29 December 1850
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/20
Summary:

Waiting for a passage to England; clothes left at Barra to be forwarded; speculation on Spruce's plans, regards to Mr King.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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