| Name: |
Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, Allen Charles, McDougall Francis Thomas, Brooke Sir James, Fenton Roger, Bonaparte Napoleon |
| Description: |
Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Mrs Thomas Sims) in Conduit Street, London, from Singapore, 20 Feb 1856, re departure from Sarawak, leaving Charles behind; admirable character of Sir James Brooke; slow healing of injured foot; good collection of insects in Borneo; Sims' photography business; Fenton's Crimea photographs; justification of Crimean war. Place: Sarawak Singapore Malaya Russia Notes: Letter no in contents list: 35. The date given in the contents list is Feb 1856. The written date is clearly 1855, but "56!" has been added in pencil next to it, possibly in A. R. Wallace's hand, and from context 1856 must be the correct year. |
