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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
25 December 1865
Source of text:
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

No summary available.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
13 February 1866
Source of text:
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
[May] [1879]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/4/1
Summary:

Mild weather; son William's cough; visit from George Silk, playing chess, visiting Stevens to play billiards; Primula japonicus; reaction of kitten to new surroundings; asks for a letter from Violet.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
[May] [1879]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/4/2
Summary:

Annie and son William's health; Sir David Wedderburn coming to visit to talk with ARW about Java; new black kitten for Annie; outing with Violet to Selsdon, Hamsey Green and Riddlesdown, primroses in flower; Miss Buckley's anticipated visit.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
23 October 1886
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/1
Summary:

Sea voyage from England, a week of rough weather and seasickness followed by five days of calm; ships food; passengers, one American an accomplished comic actor and singer; charades, concerts and deck quoits; chess with ships doctor and an American passenger; New York harbour, delay at customs, Mr Browne not there to meet him; hotel recommended by Mr Wood, hotel rooms and food; meeting with Mr Browne and transfer to his house; Mrs Browne; meeting with Mayoral candidate Mr George; visit to Central Park; plans to go to Boston on Thursday; Statue of Liberty very fine.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
14 November 1886
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/4
Summary:

Lack of news from her; weather; good audiences at the four lectures so far given; portrait artist Mrs Noa; unexpected meeting with Mr and Mrs Mirlees visiting the site of their son's death with their daughter; Dr Holmes the "one-hoss-shay" man at dinner; meeting arranged with a lady spiritualist; any news of letting of house at Godlaming; requests Annie to send photos of ruined temples of Java given to ARW by Mr Woodbury, wants to compare with models and photos of similarly decorated Mexican temples at Cambridge (Massachusetts) museum; American museums the finest in the world; plans to go to Baltimore and Washington with a return to Boston in between; opinion of ARW's agent Mr Williams of earlier lecturer Mr Wood and his possible effect on ARW's potential audience; Harvard College celebration.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
22 November 1886
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/6
Summary:

Receipt of her letter after a month without news; visit to Williamstown, sending plants of fern Polystichum acrostichoides growing near a waterfall there and some moth cocoons for son William, moths should emerge in spring, instructions for care; stay with Dr Carter, President of the (Williamstown) College, and his daughter, invitation to return to view spring flowers; orchids including Cypripedum spectabile common; has sent gentian seeds to her papa (William Mitten); fears for his voice as has a cold, will wear respirator whenever going out, to travel 100 miles to lecture tomorrow; people becoming "oppressively kind and respectful.".

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
19 December 1886
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/12
Summary:

Disappointment at lack of lecture engagements on return (from Baltimore), agent Williams not managing well, but some interest from Ohio, advertisements now in some scientific journals and new circulars sent out, sending copy of circular and some local bills of fare to Violet, hopes to get enough lecturing to cover costs of travel to California in spring or summer but journey more expensive than to London, thinks people bored with natural history and want more exciting subjects; will spend winter in Washington and live more cheaply; has been visiting American museums and will write an article on them for Harris; problem of continual packing of clothing and sundries, will leave some in storage, lifebelt and picnic basket useless but overshoes a boon; freezing weather, ribald reaction of people in the street to his fur coat; assumes Annie will spend new year at Hurst, receipt of her letter of Dec 1.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
3 January 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/13(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/13(2)
Summary:

Arrival from Boston on December 31st in a snowstorm, stayed with Mr Riley the entomologist until a suitable room available, will stay at the Hamilton for next two or three months; instructions re. ARW's pension; Williams now has applications for many ARW lectures; meeting with Prof Coues; accounts from MacMillan can be signed by Annie.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
29 January 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/16(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/16(2)
Summary:

Her letter about snow in England and damage to garden; Hampden (John Hampden of the Flat Earth Society) not a threat as few American papers would print anything by him; flattery becoming "quite painful", quotes remarks by dinner host, Mr Nordhoff, Washington representative of New York Herald, describes dinner in detail including settings (guests names in gold on rose leaves), dining etiquette; J A Allen, father of Grant Allen staying nearby with his family; magnificence of Washington, street layout and houses; details of city's tram system; approval of American methods of warming houses and trains; superiority of American railway system; details of hotel room including heater and gas lamp; amazing experiences of spiritualist General Lippitt, materialisations and slate-writing; séances attended; visit to millionaire spiritualist Senator Stanford and his wife, Stanford to spend 20 million dollars to found a university in memory of his son; sending press cuttings on weather and on Garibaldi; no lectures recently but two arranged in Canada in March; has sent an article to Harris and written reviews for some American papers.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
14 February 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/18(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/18(2)
Summary:

Walk in the woods with botanist professor Ward, sending a collection of plants including ferns packed in moss in a biscuit tin, instructions for potting, Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) and Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens) to be given to Miss Jekyll and a sedge, Carex platyphylla, to Annie's father William Mitten, plants listed by botanical and common names; description of trees and other plants seen; curious appearance of fields without hedgerows; Paulownia imperialis, a tree with flowers like fox-gloves, grows to great height in Washington gardens; would like to stay and see woods in summer if finances permitted but there seems to be no demand for scientific lectures as too many scientists on the circuit; hopes Annie has succeeded in letting house or getting a boarder.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
23 February 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/19(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/19(2)
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
5 April 1887
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/24
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
22 April 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/26(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/26(3)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/26(2)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/26(4)
Summary:

Describing the countryside around Cincinnati and the spring flowers in the woods, with botanical and common names; flower roots sent to Miss Jekyll; instructions to let the house (in England) for up to six months if possible; money earned from lectures, lectures scheduled in Bloomington Indiana, Sioux City Iowa and Kansas but no others so far; possibility of travelling to California if a lecture can be given in San Francisco; Diphtheria; enclosing press cuttings with instructions to keep any sent together as they may be useful material for a book; enclosing a Canadian stamp and a hunting story [press cutting] for Willie (neither present). Press cutting headlined "Colors in animals. Their uses clearly explained" reporting on ARW's lecture at Smith & Nixon's Hall, Cincinnati; annotated in ARW's hand "Cincinnati Enquirer Ap 23/87 A bad lamp! Which went out in the mid of the lecture!!!"; Press cutting from The Post undated (c. Apr 1887) headlined "Dr. Wallace. A scientist of world-wide reputation in Cincinnati" with brief details of ARW, motioning his opinion of Henry George in relation to land monopoly and his forthcoming lecture at Smith & Nixon's Hall.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
4 May 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/28(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/28(2)
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
24 May 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/32(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/32(2)
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
19 June 1887
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/34
Summary:

Instructs Annie how to complete ARW's tax return in his absence. ARW also chastises Annie for not dating her previous two letters to him and states that their daughter has picked up this bad habit, but their son Willie, "shows the hereditary business instinct of the male animal by duly dating"! ARW bemoans the US government postal weight restrictions affecting his posting of plants back to England. ARW concludes his letter by stating how miserable California is and that "nowhere in America yet have I seen a place I should like to live in".

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
1 July 1887
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/36
Summary:

Her success in letting the house; visit to Yosemite and Santa Cruz with his brother John to see big trees; swollen and ulcerated lip confining him to the house, plans to visit Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada when well; ferns from Santa Cruz sent to Miss Jekyll; Mr Marshall; problems with posting items from America; ARW's San Francisco lecture on spiritualism well attended and further offer from Chicago, Spiritualism pays better than Natural History; sending ferns from Yosemite; description of Sequoia sempervirens seen in the Redwood forests and exotic plants in California; California as a place to live.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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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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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
3 August 1887
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/42(1)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/42(2)
Summary:

In this letter ARW informs his wife when he is to leave Canada and when he expects to arrive in Liverpool. ARW suggests that they all go to the Lake District for a holiday where they have never been. Wales and Derbyshire are suggested as alternative destinations. ARW signs off saying he is going to the Thousand Islands.

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