- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/19(1)
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/5/19(2)
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From Niagara Falls (Canada), describing the partly frozen falls and surrounding area; ferns entirely absent, probably taken by tourists, every rock and stump covered with (carved) names.
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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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ARW describes to Mitten the flora, vegetation, geology and landscapes he has travelled through in North America including the Mississippi at St Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas, Sioux City (the latter he compares to the Downs between Clayton and Lewes). ARW invites Mitten to join him, giving approximate costs of travel and living expenses.
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