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JHC774

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Nicholas Ridley
Date:
-7-1903
Source of text:
HNR/2/1/3 f.112, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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WCP4624

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
2 July 1903
Source of text:
Hope Entomological Library, Oxford University Museum of Natural History: ARW 282
Summary:

Asks if it is correct to say that the oxygen and carbon in CO2 can only be separated in the laboratory by great heat?.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP180

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
8 July 1903
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/183
  • Wallace, W. G. & Wallace, V. (1916). Part IV. Home Life. 103-138. In: Marchant, J. (Ed.). Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 121-122]
Summary:

William Greenell Wallace's proof corrections [to Man's Place in the Universe], stars, Milky Way, Solar Cluster, Jupiter; speculation in accordance with known facts; difference of opinion over spiritualism; writing an article for the Fortnightly; purchase of a telescope from Cooke of York, better than the last, making a stand for it; trying to help Fred Birch to get a post as Museum curator in the Federated Malay States.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

JHC1699

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir Francis “Frank” Darwin
Date:
13 July 1903
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.245, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC771

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Nicholas Ridley
Date:
14 July 1903
Source of text:
HNR/2/1/3 f.109, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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WCP78

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
16 July 1903
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/78
Summary:

Domestic affairs; William's career prospects; progress of work his book The Wonderful Century.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

JHC773

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Nicholas Ridley
Date:
18 July 1903
Source of text:
HNR/2/1/3 f.111, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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WCP4417

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Edward Bagnall Poulton
Date:
20 July 1903
Source of text:
  • Hope Entomological Library, Oxford University Museum of Natural History: ARW 70
  • Hope Entomological Library, Oxford University Museum of Natural History: ARW 70
Summary:

ARW seeks advice on behalf of young insect collector who wishes to travel abroad. Discusses possible regions - asks Poulton's opinion.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4418

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Edward Bagnall Poulton
Date:
24 July 1903
Source of text:
  • Hope Entomological Library, Oxford University Museum of Natural History: ARW 71
  • Hope Entomological Library, Oxford University Museum of Natural History: ARW 71
Summary:

About arrangements for Poulton's visit. Thanks for information for young collector - discusses matter further.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP2829

From:
Oliver Joseph Lodge
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
25 July 1903
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 138
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

JHC1813

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
John Firminger Duthie
Date:
26 July 1903
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/4 f.91, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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WCP79

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
27 July 1903
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/79
Summary:

Domestic affairs; William's career prospects.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP681

From:
[unknown person]
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
28 July 1903
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-418420
Summary:

Discusses parts of the world where it might be profitable for Frederick Birch to collect, including Burma, British Guiana and other parts of South America.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4186

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Ernst Johann Otto Hartert
Date:
29 July 1903
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM TR/1/1/24/475
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP690

From:
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
30 July 1903
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-418444
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4187

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan
Date:
31 July 1903
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM TR/1/1/24/475
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

JHC1700

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir Francis “Frank” Darwin
Date:
4 August 1903
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.246, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1814

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
John Firminger Duthie
Date:
5 August 1903
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/4 f.92, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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WCP691

From:
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
10 August 1903
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-418445
Summary:

Rothschild cannot at present engage another collector [i.e. Frederick Birch] for the Museum. Offers suggestions of possible purchasers, and that Birch might find employment on the Cuban railways.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP687

From:
Frederick Du Cane Godman
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
14 August 1903?
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-418442
Summary:

There are few people in England now acquiring tropical collections. Walter Rothschild is willing to pay good prices for mammals, birds and Lepidoptera, but is less interested in smaller fauna. Discusses the potential of profitable collecting in Cuba, British Guiana and the Sierra Nevada.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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