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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:
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WCP4259

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[Samuel] [Stevens]
Date:
9 May 1854
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1854). [Letter from Alfred R. Wallace dated 9 May 1854, Singapore]. Zoologist : 12 (142): 4395-4397
Summary:

No summary available.

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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.

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WCP4270

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[unknown person]
Date:
June 1854
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1854). Letters from the Eastern Archipelago. The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, Science, and Art : 1961 : 739
Summary:

No summary available.

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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.

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WCP611

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[unknown person]
Date:
September 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/138
  • Wallace, A. R. (1854). Letter from Singapore. The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, Science, and Art: 1978: 1077-1078
Summary:

No summary available.

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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.

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WCP358

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
15 October 1854
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/33
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/33
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 52-53]
  • Hooker, W. J. (1855). Extracts of a letter From Mr. Wallace [dated 10 Oct. 1854, Singapore]. Journal of Botany: 7(7): 200-209
Summary:

Sailing for Sarawak next day; arranging and cataloguing collection of 6,000 specimens - birds, insects and shells; impossibility of collecting plants for William Hooker; pleasure at quotation by Latham; any news of Sebastopol; wanting copies of Punch; expedition to Mount Ophir.

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WCP3554

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
1 November 1854
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: JMS 8/17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP4260

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[Samuel] [Stevens]
Date:
25 November 1854
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1855). The entomology of Malacca. Zoologist : 13 (149): 4636-4639
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP4271

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[unknown person]
Date:
[December?] 1854
Source of text:
[Wallace, A. R.]. (1855). [Letter from Alfred R. Wallace dated 1854, Sarawak, Borneo]. The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, Science, and Art : 2003 : 366
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP4261

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
8 April 1855
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1855). [Letter from Alfred R. Wallace dated 8 April 1855, Si Munjon Coal Works, Borneo; communicated by Samuel Stevens]. Zoologist : 13 (154): 4803-4807
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP1829

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Wallace
Date:
20 April 1855
Source of text:
California Historical Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP612

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[unknown person]
Date:
May 1855
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/139
  • Wallace, A. R. (1855). Borneo. The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, Science, and Art: 2023: 683-684
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 53-56]
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [p. 178]
Summary:

Describing the locality and people; thoughts on differences between "civilised" and "savage".

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WCP781

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Robert Waterhouse
Date:
8 May 1855
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-418279
Summary:

Thanks for Waterhouse's report on ARW's Singapore Curculionidae - ARW's collecting activities and plans of a visit to Celebes and his quest for the Orang-utan, etc.

Contributor:
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WCP359

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
25 June 1855
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/34
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 56-58]
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 178-181]
Summary:

Thomas Sims's photography business; Stevens' proposal to send ARW an assistant, desirable qualities in an assistant, Charles's deficiencies; Madame Pfeiffer's insect collection; news of Australian Expedition (A C Gregory [Northern Australian]; arrival of new missionary from England; wanting a shoe last; wanting news of John and Mary in California; collapse of Page, Bacon and Co; Dyak's delight in musical box.

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WCP360

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
[28 Sept. & 17 Oct. 1855]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/35
Summary:

The Sims' move to Conduit Street and photography business, with detailed advice and questions, suggests asking Mr Vignolles [Vignoles] to introduce their work at Royal Society Soirees; mother's future; post from England and arrival of a box with shoes (good) and bacon (spoiled).

Contributor:
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WCP361

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
25 December 1855
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/36
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 59-60]
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 181-182]
Summary:

Christmas day with the Rajah (Sir James Brooke); admirable character of Brooke; expedition into interior with Dyaks; character and customs of Dyak people; the Malays; fears plants sent to England dead, plans to collect in Celebes; Miss Woodford recommended as wife for ARW by G S (George Silk); possible trip to California.

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WCP4281

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Jackson Hooker
Date:
1856?
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1856). On the bamboo and durian of Borneo. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany : 8 (8): 225-230
Summary:

No summary available.

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WCP388

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Sims (née Wallace), Frances ("Fanny") or Sims, Thomas
Date:
[1856]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/64
Summary:

Transmission and payment for Home News; (Sims's) advertisements for photographic portraits on enamel opal glass and paper; insects and box of heavy clothes sent home; plan to visit California; funny Chinese pictures.

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