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DCP-LETT-12023

From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 178: 153
Summary:

Describes one of his varieties of potato in its third and fourth years. [CD notes his observations on this variety grown at Down, July 1879.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP407

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.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP408

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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