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Letter from Miss E? Macdonald to Violet Wallace from Broomhill, Sheffield 19 Jan 1914 enclosing copies in Miss Macdonald's hand of seven letters from A. R. Wallace to her, 1898-1912, may have time to copy more later in the term; envelope addressed in Miss Macdonald's hand to Violet Wallace, Old Orchard Broadstone, Dorset, stamped, postmarked Sheffield 20 Jan 1914; annotated on the front in ink in another hand (WGW's?) "A.R.W. to Miss Macdonald". Copy letters comprise:
1898.01.23 From Parkstone, Dorset 23 Jan 1898 thanking her for a gift of shortbread on his birthday, which he unfortunately cannot eat but others will appreciate.
1906.12.25 From Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset) 25 Dec 1906 thanking her for gift of an almanack and wishing her a happy new year
1908.02.21 From Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset) 21 Feb 1908 thanking her for the new year gift of an almanack; apologies for lateness, due to not knowing where she went for her holidays; weather; his daughter Violet's lack of work.
1908.12.26 From Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne 26 Dec 1908 thanking her for her Christmas present; description of his investiture with Order of Merit at home by the King's equerry Colonel Legge; intends to wear it once in public at a lecture he is to give at the Royal Institution "on the world of life" on 22 Jan 1909, offers tickets for herself and a friend.
1909.02.28 From Old Orchard Broadstone Wimborne (Dorset) 28 Feb 1909 re a press cutting sent by her on the spiritualist medium consulted by (Abraham) Lincoln; an American book recently published on Lincoln's spiritualism.
1911.12.24 From Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset 24 Dec 1911 thanking her for the gift of a book by G K Chesterton; A. R. Wallace's and Chesterton's appreciation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"; Christmas greetings.
1912.12.26 From Old Orchard Broadstone Dorset 26 Dec 1912 thanking her for the gift of a book; has just finished writing "Social Environment and Moral Purpose" which he thinks will interest her; quotes from a 1905 postcard re fate of nations in the new year Place: Sheffield Yorkshire England Notes: Although the copies were made c 1914 the first date in each case has been recorded as the date of the original letter. These were sent to Violet after her father's death, and were probably provided to assist James Marchant in writing "Letters and Reminiscences..." (1916); and have been included in this series on that assumption. At first listing they were among apparently unrelated papers in original box 2. |
