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WCP3790

From:
James Brooke
To:
John Brooke Johnson Brooke (formerly Johnson)
Date:
[28-31 Dec. 1855]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House: MSS. Pac. S. 90
Summary:

ARW has queried the reported size of an orangutan (pages 10 and 11) in a letter full of domestic and political detail about Sarawak.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3791

From:
James Brooke
To:
John Brooke Johnson Brooke (formerly Johnson)
Date:
[27 Jan.-7 Feb. 1856]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House: MSS. Pac. S. 90
Summary:

ARW is at Peninjau with James Brooke, Spenser St John and his brother (page 1) but is about to leave soon, which causes Brooke to give a pleasing character description (page 5), in a letter otherwise full of domestic and political detail about Sarawak.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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