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WCP373

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
[1 Sept. 1860 & 2 Jan. 1861]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/48 & NHM WP1/3/63
Summary:

Leon du Four's History of Prostitution and Darwin's Origin of Species. Two months spent in Ternate dealing with a year's mail, cleaning, arranging and packing collections of birds, insects and shells for shipment to England and preparing for further expeditions; paper on "The native trade with New Guinea" sent to the Geographical.

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WCP3351

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Thomas Sims
Date:
15 March 1861
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 39168 ff. 2-27
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 39168 f. 28
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 73-83]
Summary:

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WCP4754

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[Philip Lutley?] [Sclater?]
Date:
20 April 1861
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1861). Notes on the ornithology of Timor. Ibis : 3 (12): 347-351
Summary:

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WCP375

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
20 July 1861
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/50
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 83-85]
Summary:

Plans to collect specimens in Java en route to Singapore and return from there to England; stores and baggage carried on previous expeditions; plans for work and accommodation on return to England.

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WCP1718

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Philip Lutley Sclater
Date:
20 September 1861
Source of text:
  • Zoological Society of London: GB 0814 BADW
  • Wallace, A. R. (1862). [Extracts from a letter from Alfred R. Wallace to P. L. Sclater dated Sept. 1861, Sourabaya, Java]. Ibis: 4(13): 95-96
Summary:

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WCP376

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
10 October 1861
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/51
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 85-87]
Summary:

Ascent of a volcano, vegetation at the peak similar to English weeds, tropical on the lower slopes; comparative beauty of English and tropical plants; Dutch collectors for Leyden Museum; letter (not present) to be taken to Stevens with instructions re. ARW's specimens.

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WCP4109

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 November 1861
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 181: 6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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WCP377

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Walter Bates
Date:
10 December 1861
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/52
  • Clodd, E. (Ed). (1892). In: The Naturalist on the River Amazon. London: John Murray. [pp. xxxiv-xxxv]
Summary:

Bates' paper on Papilios; Darwinian philosophy, geographical distribution of species, rivers as limits to distribution, ARW's Zoological Society paper on distribution of monkey species in Brazil; isolation of species from geographical origins, geological evidence; hopes Bates will write on Cicindelidae; collecting in Sumatra; plans to return to England.

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