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Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, Cotton Sir Arthur, Albert Edward Wettin Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay Earl of Carrick Baron Renfrew Lord of the Isles Great Steward of Scotland, Edward VII King of Great Britain and Ireland, Paulhan Louis, Boynton ?, Halley Edmund, New Age The |
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Letter from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from "that wretched T.O." (Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil), 14 Jul 1910 with thanks for letters and three copies of "The New Age", other copies failed to arrive, presumed stolen, hopes promised copy of Sir Arthur Cotton's tract on agriculture will arrive safely, no news of Velox photographic paper ordered via Mr May; belated news of King's death through local Germans; Paulhan's flight from London to Manchester, speculation on when public air travel will be possible and its effects; hopes for the arrival of Socialism; detailed descriptions of the appearance and behaviour of birds and animals visiting the garden including parroquets, orioles, toucans and callistes, many eating oranges, wrens attacking a snake, woodpeckers apparently eating pawpaws or insects within them; opossums, bats taking food from the table and cooking stove, fruit scarce in forest; night temperatures below freezing, large variation of day and night temperature; cannot consider joining Captain Boynton at the Orinoco because considering move to British Guiana or Victoria (Brazil); has practiced dentistry on Mary (wife?) and filled several cavities; good view of Halley's comet. Postscript on a smaller sheet of paper asking cost of land in Hampshire, Devonshire and Somerset and whether peaches can be grown there; where filberts will grow successfully (in Britain); Windermere; asks for news of any land available on the Warwickshire Avon. Green paper envelope with stamp removed, postmarked Theophilo-Ottoni 17 Jul 1910, addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone; annotated in A. R. Wallace's? or WGW's? hand "Dated - July, 1910". Place: Barbados Caribbean Islands Brazil British Guiana Devonshire England Hampshire Warwickshire Notes: 3 folios consisting of 2 folios 16.5cm x 10.5cm and a note on a small sheet of paper 9cm x 7cm |
