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WCP5576

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
11 February 1854
Source of text:
Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP353

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
30 April 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/28
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 47-48]
Summary:

Arrival in Singapore; town and population; Bukit Tima (Timah) Mission; butterflies; boxes due on ship Eliza Thornton; broken watch; instructions to Samuel Stevens.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP354

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
28 May 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/29
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 48-49]
Summary:

Daily tasks with insect collections; sending a box of beetles to Stevens; plans to go to Borneo; Charles's progress as assistant; friends and family in England.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP355

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
[2] July 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/30
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 49-51]
Summary:

Sea journey from Singapore; living conditions in Malacca; employment of servants; French missionaries; Chinese farmers; Charles Allen's progress as assistant; birds and monkeys; plans to visit Cambodia.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP356

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
28 August 1854
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/31
Summary:

Rebuilding and surveying after fire in the town; presumed loss of the steamer City of Glascau (Glasgow); Wilson's plans to emigrate to Australia; widow McCann; mining speculation; quartz mine; Dr Pownall sharing house; growing tomatoes; interesting Californian spider and fly; ARW's assistant; hot weather.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP357

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
30 September 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/32
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 51-52]
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 176-178]
Summary:

Attack of fever in Malacca, quinine treatment; insects and birds collected in Malacca; ascent of Mount Ophir; arrival of post including and letters from Adelaide, Australia; arrival of newspapers, instruments, repaired watch and food from England; basket of food spoiled by insects, better to use soldered tin box; visit to Sir James Brooke; plans to visit Sarawak; friends and family; continued carelessness of assistant Charles.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1291

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
12 October 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/17
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

One of a set of letters providing in-depth descriptions John Wallace's life in the gold mining town of Columbia, California, building a system to bring water to gold mining operations in the town.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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