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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
3 March 1896
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/68
Summary:

Orchids, some from General Dunn about to flower; visit from Doveton, a poet and psychical researcher from Torquay; Violet's brother William in Hull; Ma's (Annie Wallace) eyes improving; poor health of Miss Marshall Hall; arrival of bacon but no bill; regards to Eleanor; instructions to send her brother William the "Jungle Books".

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
18 March 1896
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/69
Summary:

Galton's work on visualisation; Violet's preference for snails over orchids; her Literary Society; Tolstoy's letter in the previous day's Chronicle; books, recommends J Muir and Besant; visiting poet (Doveton).

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
25 March 1896
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/72
Summary:

Visit to Parkstone to see her brother William; bacon.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project