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WCP1476

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
3 July 1902
Source of text:
  • Forum Auctions (auction)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/276
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 109
Summary:

ARW thanks C. R. for abstracts on "hanging valleys". ARW mentions his theory of seed migration through the air and is looking for evidence. Enquires if C. R. has geological survey work in Cornwall, or has he retired. ARW is building a house at Broadstone "on a very pretty bit of land".

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WCP165

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
25 January [1902]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/168
Summary:

Progress of house building [at "Old Orchard", Broadstone], workmen's shop put up in grounds by Percy Curtis who will mark foundations next week and begin excavating; Mr Donkin says plans ready to send to Mr Barnes and building committee; water mains laid to main road; greenhouse ordered from Cooper; plans to put stove under house to warm both it and greenhouse; William to remember acetylene and fire-brick; sending books Kim and one on Anglo-Saxon history, opinions of both.

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WCP167

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
2 March [1902]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/170
  • 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. 120]
Summary:

Progress of house building at "Old Orchard" (Broadstone); collapse of cellar excavations after wet weather but cellar walls now going up, plans for drainage of cellar, concrete footings for outer walls well advanced, three bricklayers and six labourers working, Mr Donkin's drawings for windows done; horses and cows from adjacent fields have eaten some garden plants, fencing now improved; ARW has recommenced work on new edition of his New Century and finished chapter on Astronomy; request for information on the "Dargue" system of acetylene gas.

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WCP173

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
23 February 1902
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/176
Summary:

Thanking him for information about acetylene gas supply, asks for address of "Dargue" system London offices; Well Fireplace Co at Newcastle; progress of digging of foundations and making garden (at "Old Orchard", Broadstone), rain likely to flood cellar excavations, plans for drainage; details of cement and brick supply; "Well" "Rational" and "Teal" fires; altered plans for study; William's increase in salary; definition of and immorality of gambling.

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WCP174

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
27 April 1902
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/177
Summary:

Forwarding of a sextant and book, suggests William takes readings and compares results with Ordnance Survey map, gives detailed instructions for surveying fields and boundaries; progress of house building, walls and ceiling joists, expects roof to go on in a month; Bingo? unwell so has done no digging; Greenhouse leaks; pond filled and red water lilies planted, plans to exchange water plants with a nurseryman in Christchurch [Dorset]; glad William has met more Socialists, encloses letter from a Socialist correspondent (unnamed, letter not present).

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WCP175

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
8 June 1902
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/178
Summary:

Progress of house building; 3 chimneys up, Percy (Curtis) proud of appearance of roof's gables, hips and dormers, felting and tiling to be done; annoying delays in fitting window frames; rough calculation of 400 feet of water piping, good book on hot water supply by Mr Dye; choosing fixtures and fittings for kitchen and bathroom from Spring? and Marten of Stratford catalogue; electric bells to be fitted; suggests William might find books on surveying in old Newcastle bookshops.

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WCP176

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
18 October 1902
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/179
Summary:

Progress of house building; extra expense and days lost through replacement of faulty windows, re-hanging a door, missing door locks and window glass of wrong thickness (ink sketches of windows and door latches on two pages); bills of £120 this month, economy needed; bookshelves fitted in study but no shelves elsewhere, house full of unpacked crates; work on garden and greenhouse; sheep, cattle and horses nibbling plants; "Manx Codlen" and "Northern Greening" apples in orchard; teak front door begun; parrot now well and beginning to talk.

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WCP2622

From:
Tom Hutt
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
7 January 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46439 f. 322
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP2716

From:
John Richardson
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
18 September 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46440 ff. 231-232
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP2812

From:
Ernest Ruthven Sykes
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
8 July 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 110
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP2813

From:
William Eagle Clarke
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
10 July 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 111
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP2814

From:
William Henry Wesley
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
5 August 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 112
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP2815

From:
Sereno Edwards Bishop
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
2 October 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 ff. 113-114
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP2816

From:
William Weekes Fowler
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
19 December 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 ff. 115-116
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP3064

From:
James Douglas Watson
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
29 August 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46440 ff. 339-340
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP3067

From:
Heinrich Molenaar
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
1902-1913
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46440 f. 346
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP3208

From:
Cornelia Henrietta Maria Guest (née Spencer-Churchill)
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
18 January 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 f. 232
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP3209

From:
Frank Winson Ramsay
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
29 January 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 f. 233
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP3210

From:
Henry? Gieve?
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
19 July 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 f. 234
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP3211

From:
Augustine Lempriere Foulkes
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
23 March 1902
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 ff. 235-236
Summary:

No summary available.

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