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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
19 October 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/2
Summary:

House alterations; Mr Sharpe's illness; William's college studies.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
26 October 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/3
Summary:

House-alterations; death of Mr Barnes's grandson; Mr Sharpe's illness; William's visit to Mr [Livinton].

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
2 November 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/154
Summary:

William's studies, fees and diet; rain delaying work on house but tiling of roof begun and emptying of cesspit for laying of drains arranged, Railway bank cuts off natural drainage, details of drainage plan; Violet going to London after Christmas, Madame Michaelis leaving Croydon to set up a (teacher) training college near a kindergarten in Notting Hill; postcard re. civil service ticket enclosed (not present).

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
9 November 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/4
Summary:

House alterations; books ordered for William; Mr Sharpe's illness; William's studies.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
18 November 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/5
Summary:

House alterations; American railways; inventions.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
7 December 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/6
Summary:

Illness of William's mother Annie Wallace; William's studies; house alterations; Clarke's patent syphon gas stove; new electric railway under the Thames.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
14 December 1890
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/7
Summary:

House alterations; proposed visit to ARW with sister Violet; Maudesley; Life of Nasmyth.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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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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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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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:
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:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
22 February 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/10
Summary:

House alterations; health of Mr Sharpe.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
8 March 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/11
Summary:

House alterations; rules for viewing reptiles; refers to enclosed card (not present).

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
19 March 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/156
Summary:

Proposed visit by William and Mr Crump, best to delay as wallpapering not yet finished; faulty boiler design not noticed by plumbers or by Mr Rigler or Ponton, fixed by ironmonger Mr Seller; Gas stove working well.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
29 April 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/157
Summary:

His sister Violet's dissection of a rabbit as part of her exams; replacement of pipes and bricks to remove smell in house from drains, including sketch plan; and the appointment of "the illustrious Slugophilite ... slug catcher to Her Majesty" and Museum [curator] in Jamaica, his imminent marriage, honeymoon in Corfe and departure; the slug William found a new British variety; request for news of Crump.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
12 May 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/12
Summary:

Describes ordering a book on conic section for William.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
15 June 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/13
Summary:

Talks of a lecture on Land Nationalisation; William's sister Violet; Mr and Mrs Cockerell going to Jamaica; death and funeral of Mrs [Allinson]; visit to Meldola's [possibly Finsbury Technical College] various visitors to the house.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
23 June 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/14
Summary:

Writes about dental treatment for William, with sketch map of location of dental surgery, refers to enclosed card (not present); upcoming [College] holidays.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
13 October 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/15
Summary:

ARW writes of visit to Corfe with Ma, Grandma and Grandpa (ARW's wife and parents); suicide of Mrs Monk; reading of Ivanhoe.

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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
8 November 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/16
Summary:

Writes about his visits to London and Sevenoaks (Kent); meeting of Psychical Research Society.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
William Greenell Wallace [ARW's son]
Date:
21 November 1891
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/1/158
Summary:

Damage to William's eyes in an accident, glad he is improving after glass removed; newspaper from Stockton California with news that pioneer surgeon John Wallace had fallen and broken an arm; Monk and ARW have been building a pond and bog in the garden, details of method and materials; sending pages of Stanley's catalogue of drawing instruments; plumbing for steam pipe in house.

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project