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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Parkstone, Dorset, 28 Feb 1899 re William's letters from America, death of his horse, snowshoes, severe winter in New York; "Ardmore" still not sold; gathering material for autobiography, does William know whereabouts of steel seal and inscription on family ring, intends to visit a Dorset clerygyman who owns a painting of a member of the Wallace family and if possible photograph for the book ; bulbs and seeds ordered for garden; apparent loss of books and magazines in post; William's intention to start a business in Bournemouth (with Mac?); A. R. Wallace writing on white men in the tropics for the New York "Independent"; writing on Craig's "History of Ralahine", Irish cooperative farm 1831-33, to publicise a successful experiment in Socialism. Place: Parkstone Dorset England USA Ireland Notes: OLD REF Correspondence 1879-1922: WP1/19/25 |
