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Small cream envelope approximately 14 cm x 8cm annotated on the back in pencil in WGW's? hand "Boston", containing six press cuttings from:
The Boston Daily Advertiser 5 Nov 1886, reporting on A. R. Wallace's lecture on the "Permanence of Oceans" at the Lowell Institute on 4 Nov 1886.
The New York Daily Tribune 12 Nov 1886, headlined "Wind as a seed carrier" and reporting on papers read at a meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Boston 11 Nov 1886, including A. R. Wallace's reading of his paper "The wind as a seed carrier in relation to one of the difficult problems in geographical distribution."
An unnamed and undated paper (c.12 Nov 1886), headlined "The Academy of Sciences" reporting on papers read at a meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Boston 11 Nov 1886 including A. R. Wallace's reading of his paper "The wind as a seed carrier in relation to one of the difficult problems in geographical distribution."
The Boston Daily Advertiser 25 Nov (1886) headlined "Lowell Institute Lecture" reporting on A. R. Wallace's lecture on Darwinism at the Lowell Institute.
The Boston Post (undated, but from internal evidence 25 Nov 1886) reporting on A. R. Wallace's lecture on Darwinism at the Lowell Institute.
The Beacon, Boston 20 Nov 1886, with a general report on A. R. Wallace's lectures at the Lowell Institute.
The Boston Herald, undated (c. 5 Nov 1886) headlined "Application of Darwinism", reporting on A. R. Wallace's lecture on the oceans, at the Lowell Institute on 4 Nov 1886. Place: Boston Massachusetts USA |
