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WCP1465

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
12 May 1895
Source of text:
  • Forum Auctions (auction)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/265
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 4
Summary:

ARW will be glad to see Mr Ridley; mentions CR's trip to S W Ireland; Mr Mitten was at Brandon Mountain a few years ago and found most of the rare mosses, but flowering plants were very scarce. Thanks CR for the I. Naturalist, CR's notes on the Megaceros is interesting, also American sponges.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP6590

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
19 June 1895
Source of text:
Forum Auctions (auction)
Summary:

ARW thanks CR for Ping. Grandiflora just received. Asks CR to stay the night on the way to Dorchester, or if not, to make arrangements to meet between [Parkstone] and Dorchester.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP6591

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
3 July 1895
Source of text:
Forum Auctions (auction)
Summary:

ARW leaves at midday on Friday for Switzerland. CR could come tomorrow (Thursday) evening and stay the night. ARW enquires about sleeping carriages, etc., from Bale [sic] to Brussels; is glad CR found something new in Ireland. Thanks for ?Pinguicula which arrived in excellent condition.

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WCP6592

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
28 July 1895
Source of text:
Forum Auctions (auction)
Summary:

ARW will be pleased to see CR and his sister when they come to Parkstone. ARW & Mr Mitten had a good time on the whole in Switzerland. Mr Mitten brought home plants which have filled over 100 pots. ARW was delighted with the signs of glaciation and has material for another anti-?Bonneyite paper.

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WCP6593

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
24 August 1895
Source of text:
Forum Auctions (auction)
Summary:

ARW is proposing to go to Corfe with his daughter and a friend and asks CR to join them. ARW wishes to ask something about Poole Harbour "as to which the Poole people are in a state of frantic terror!".

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1466

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
31 August 1895
Source of text:
  • Forum Auctions (auction)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/266
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46437 f. 5
Summary:

ARW thanks CR for the map of Bournemouth and for the ?spiranthus which he has planted in the dampest part of his Alpine bed. ARW is sorry not to have the excursion; his daughter and the friend are returning to Liverpool and his wife has a badly inflamed eye. Regarding Poole Harbour, the Poole Corporation and Harbour Board fear the sand banks will be washed away and the harbour ruined and are spending thousands of pounds on sea walls; mentions sand banks and hopes CR might be able to give an opinion on the subject.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP6594

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Clement Reid
Date:
25 November 1895
Source of text:
Forum Auctions (auction)
Summary:

ARW has written nothing on the burial, as has found nothing of special interest. Asks CR to keep the specimens and give them with the bones to the Dorchester Museum. Arranges to meet the following Saturday. Saw CR's interesting note relating to the ?Rooks and the acorns.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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