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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Date:
1891
Source of text:
St Andrew's University Special Collections: MS22763
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From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[1891?]
Source of text:
  • Wallace, A. R. (1891). [LTTE]. Light (London): 11(533): 133-134
  • Wallace, A. R. (1891). [LTTE]. Light (London): 11(533): 133-134 [p. 133]
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Date:
4 January 1891
Source of text:
American Museum of Natural History, Special Collections: MSS.W3551
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Date:
6 January 1891
Source of text:
  • American Museum of Natural History, Special Collections: MSS.W3551
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46436 f. 244
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
7 January 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/18
Summary:

Confusion over correspondence with Mrs Lund; Violet's "adventure" on journey to Liverpool [train de-railed]; enclosed letter from Croydon (not present).

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From:
Elliott Coues
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
12 January 1891
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46439 ff. 235-237
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From:
Clement Reid
To:
William Mitten
Date:
15 January 1891
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46436 ff. 245-246
Summary:

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
18 January 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/8
Summary:

An enclosed letter (not present); house alterations; William's sister Violet; health of Mr Sharpe; weather.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Date:
23 January 1891
Source of text:
  • American Museum of Natural History, Special Collections: MSS.W3551
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46436 f. 247
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
25 January 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/9
Summary:

An enclosure (not present); house alterations; the Buxton family; suggestion William join Institute of Electrical Engineers; Mr Cockerell collecting shells; William's sister Violet's postal address.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
1 February [1891]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/7
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/6
Summary:

House renovation; family affairs; neighbours; kindergartens; ARW's lectures and article in Arena.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
1 February 1891
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/155
  • 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. 111-113]
Summary:

Progress of house alterations, delays, carpenter and plumber and Charles [builder] still present, problems with toilet cistern, unfinished outdoor drains, flooded kitchen, lack of roof gutters, stairs and porch, but balcony finished and gas lighting on; Charles's wife has sold a collection of old coins.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
3 February 1891
Source of text:
  • University College London, Special Collections: Galton 142/2B/3, Box 68
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/234
  • Pearson, K. (1930). In: The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Vol. 3A. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [pp. 128-129]
Summary:

Suggests a Committee of the British Association "for the purpose of deciding the two great fundamental but disputed points in organic evolution" - whether individually acquired external characters are inherited, and the amount and character of sterility when species are crossed and hybrid offspring breed.

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From:
Francis Galton
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
5 February 1891
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/9/15
  • University College London, Special Collections: Pearson 591, Box 171, folder 2 of 4
  • Pearson, K. (1924). In: The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [pp. 129-130]
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Edvard Alexander Westermarck
Date:
6 February 1891
Source of text:
  • Åbo Akademi University Library: Manuscript collections, Westermarck, Edvard, vol XXXII
  • Wikman, K. R. V. (1940). Letters From Edward B. Tylor and Alfred Russel Wallace to Edward Westermarck; edited with introductory remarks concerning the publication of The History of Human Marriage. Academiae Aboensis Humaniora: 13(7): (1)-22 [p. 15]
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Date:
7 February 1891
Source of text:
  • American Museum of Natural History, Special Collections: MSS.W3551
  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1913). Recollections of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace. Science: 38: 871-877 [p. 874]
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
7 February 1891
Source of text:
  • University College London, Special Collections: Galton 142/2B
  • University College London, Special Collections: Galton 142/2B/3 Box 68
  • Pearson, K. (1930). In: The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Vol. 3A. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [p. 130]
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From:
Francis Galton
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
12 February 1891
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46436 ff. 248-250
  • University College London, Special Collections: Pearson 591, Box 171, folder 2 of 4
  • Pearson, K. (1924). In: The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [pp. 130-131]
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Date:
13 February 1891
Source of text:
  • American Museum of Natural History, Special Collections: MSS.W3551
  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1913). Recollections of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace. Science: 38: 871-877 [p. 875]
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
13 February 1891
Source of text:
  • University College London, Special Collections: Galton 142/2B/3, Box 68
  • Pearson, K. (1930). In: The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Vol. 3A. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [pp. 132-133]
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