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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
25 May 1849
Source of text:
National Archives, UK: FO 13/271. 109
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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4267

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
12 September 1849
Source of text:
Stevens, S. (1850). Journey to explore the natural history of South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History : Series Series 2, 5 (26): 156-157
Summary:

ARW tells Agent of his travel plans and seeks information and advice. Planning to head for Matto Grosso, possibly into Bolivia. Perhaps will “get up the Rio Nigro [sic] towards the sources of the Orinooko [sic], ” will head for Montalegre. Oranges are fourpence a bushel. “The more I see of the country, the more I want to, and can see no end of, the species of buttterflies when the whole country is well explored.

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WCP4268

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
15 November 1849
Source of text:
Stevens, S. (1850). Journey to explore the natural history of the Amazon River. Annals and Magazine of Natural History : Series Series 2, 6 (36): 494-496 [pp. 494-495]
Summary:

Spent 3 weeks at Montealegre, now back at Santarem nearly a month. Before leaving for Rio Negro, sending “small lot of insects…Lepidoptera.” Many new species, difficult to capture because they settle high in trees. Also sending Indian-made painted calabashes and small stuffed alligator.

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