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Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet Isabel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Cook Kate, Wilson Algernon, Forbes John Murray, Gray Asa, Holmes Oliver Wendell, James Russell Lowell |
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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet from The Hamilton, Washington DC, 15 Jan 1887 with detailed description of a seance in Boston at which spirits including those of an American Indian and a baby apparently materialised; another seance at which spirits of A. R. Wallace's Australian cousin Algernon Wilson and a woman who had met A. R. Wallace at Kate Cook's apparently materialised; floral decorations at a dinner in Boston hosted by John M Forbes with guests including Asa Gray, O W Holmes and James Russell Lowell, sending Violet a menu; sending a poem suitable for reciting cut from a magazine; beauty of the city of Washington; lack of lecture engagements, may go to Canada; letter to be forwarded to Violet's aunt Fanny (Sims). Place: Washington DC USA Notes: A menu for the dinner referred to is held in the Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University USA. "Call No.: MS Am 2166. Title: M. A. De Wolfe Howe menu collection, (1) Parker house, Boston. [Menu for dinner given by John M. Forbes to A.R. Wallace] [Boston] 29 Dec 1886. The verso bears a list of those present, including J. R. Lowell, O. W. Holmes, O. W. Holmes, Jr., C. E. Norton, and William James." (Source: http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/hou00463.html) |
