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WCP213

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
24 June 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/12
Summary:

Family members; Nutwood Cottage; visitors; Bull's Exhibition of Orchids at Chelsea.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP215

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
22 November 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/14
Summary:

Award to ARW of Royal Society medal; psychical research, article in Arena; visits to neighbours; books; the French revolution.

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WCP216

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
11 December 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/15
Summary:

Family illness and illness of Mr Sharpe; Violet's expenses; house alterations; arrival of medal and cheque from Royal Society.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP219

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
7 January 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/18
Summary:

Confusion over correspondence with Mrs Lund; Violet's "adventure" on journey to Liverpool [train de-railed]; enclosed letter from Croydon (not present).

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP208

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
1 February [1891]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/7
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/6
Summary:

House renovation; family affairs; neighbours; kindergartens; ARW's lectures and article in Arena.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP220

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
16 February 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/19
Summary:

Covent Garden market, Natural History Museum and Kew gardens as sources of garden plants; alterations to house; Mr Sharpe's health; Mr Pascoe's "Museum" at Westbourne Park.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP221

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
26 March 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/20
Summary:

Violet's expenses; alterations to house; new neighbours the Nichols.

Contributor:
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WCP222

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
10 May 1891
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/21
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 156-157]
Summary:

Violet attending a [public political] demonstration, labour conditions, the eight hour day, wages; gardening; neighbours.

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WCP334

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
11 October 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/133
Summary:

Forwarding Zoo tickets, suicide of gardener's wife Mrs Monk, books, got £20 from Arena for his paper, written paper on "American flowers and forests" for Fortnightly, hopes natural history lectures are not too hard.

Contributor:
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WCP335

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
25 October 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/134
Summary:

Being in London at Aunt Fanny's, possibility of meeting Mr Jonck at Lillie Road, asks for ticket to Botanical Gardens, has seen proofs of Professor Lloyd-Morgan's children's book on animals, weather recalls "the pleasant days of Noah", sending essay on problems of physiology.

Contributor:
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WCP223

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
[1892]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/22
Summary:

ARW's lecture in Dundee; visit to York; family members, enclosing letters (not present); (Samuel) Butler and Darwinism.

Contributor:
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WCP224

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
[1892]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/23
Summary:

ARW's lecture tour; gardening; Violet's lessons on seeds, sending book by Lubbock.

Contributor:
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WCP283

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
31 January [1892]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/82
Summary:

Suffering from influenza; Arena (magazine); play "Henry VIII", actors Macready and Irving; Hawker Garland's writing; letter from her brother William; gardeners Monk and Wareham; chess by correspondence.

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WCP225

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
10 February 1892
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/24
Summary:

Sending Malay beetles to Violet; Madame's (Madame Michaelis) opinion of ARW's article; lecture by Mrs Besant; ARW's health.

Contributor:
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WCP284

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
21 February 1892
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/83
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/84
Summary:

The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter (diagram enclosed -see WP1/2/84); death of (Henry Walter) Bates; chess games with Miss West, Mr Pocock and Mr Linton; visit by the Sharpes and Mrs Besant; Mrs Besant's lectures; Miss Webb; plays Hamlet and Henry VIII.

Contributor:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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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