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WCP373

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
[1 Sept. 1860 & 2 Jan. 1861]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/48 & NHM WP1/3/63
Summary:

Leon du Four's History of Prostitution and Darwin's Origin of Species. Two months spent in Ternate dealing with a year's mail, cleaning, arranging and packing collections of birds, insects and shells for shipment to England and preparing for further expeditions; paper on "The native trade with New Guinea" sent to the Geographical.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP378

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
[22 Dec. 1861 & 20 Jan. 1862]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/53
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 199-201]
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 87-88]
Summary:

Plans to return to England; GS's preoccupation with politics; ARW's paper on New Guinea Native Trade, Blondin, Mr Fechter; Great Expectations; wet season in Sumatra; jungle animals; monkey behaviour; Malay language and customs; [Mony's] book on Java; Dutch and British colonial government; GS's siblings; Marriage, desirable qualities in a wife.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3080

From:
Antonio Brady
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
8 April 1867
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 f. 16
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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