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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Waldron Edge, Croydon, Tuesday evening, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "May 1879", re mild weather; son William's cough; visit from George Silk, playing chess, visiting Stevens to play billiards; primula japonicus; reaction of kitten to new surroundings; asks for a letter from Violet. Place: Croydon England Notes: RECORD MODIFIED 22/7/03, 22/8/03, 15/9/03. OLD REF. WP1/19/2/1 and later WP1/21/1. This letter when received was in a paper folder labelled in WGW's? hand "General - domestic &c" with one to William; these were almost certainly selected by or for James Marchant for use in writing "A. R. Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences" ( London 1916) and have been relocated. |
