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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Parkstone, Dorset, Saturday morning, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "[?1896]" but more likely to be c. Jul 1895 (See other letters to Annie around this date), re plans for her father (William Mitten) and A. R. Wallace to tour in Switzerland after her return; expects many rare plants in the mountains, possibility of visiting Pilatus or Stanzenhorn, asks Annie to enquire about hotel rates there, and about a hotel in Lucerne for day of their arrival; regards to Bessie; asks for news of her tour and fellow-travellers; receipt of letter from Miss Jekyll enclosing an enquiry from another correspondent re effect of sea-air on plants at Lyme Regis; mosquitoes at Rhone glacier. Place: Parkstone Dorset Lyme Regis Dorset England Switzerland Notes: OLD REF WP1/19/7/1and later WP1/21/9.This letter was previously filed in a paper folder labelled in WGW's? hand "Excursions &c." almost certainly selected for J. Marchant when writing A. R. Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences" (London 1916). |
