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NHM-WP02.006.003.01 Correspondence: Cambridge Octavius Pickard, Wallace Violet Isabel 1913.12.15 Letter to Violet Wallace from Rev O. Pickard-Cambridge, from [Bloxworth] Rectory, Wareham, 15 Dec 1913, re the spider Friula wallacii named by him after her father A. R. Wallace, enclosing a reprint inscribed to her on the front cover; of his paper "On some new and little-known spiders" from Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 15 Dec 1896 including description and figure of F. wallacii; paper slip with instructions to Xerox letter and p. 1006 which may be in WGW's or another hand; envelope addressed to Miss Wallace at Old Orchard. Broadstone, postmarked 15 Dec 1913. Place: Wareham Dorset England Notes: In a modern (1998) envelope of unrelated miscellanea including proofs of "Is Mars Habitable" when listed; paper slip enclosed in reprint in an unknown hand "Xerox only letter & p. 1006 total of 2 exposures if possible." See note to WP6/5/4 ( Proofs of A. R. Wallace's "Darwinism, an exposition....") re Xerox process and speculative dates.

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NHM-WP02.006.003.06 Correspondence: Estcourt Rowland 1914.05.05 Letter from Rowland Estcourt to William Greenell Wallace, from San Francisco, California, 5 May 1914 enclosing signed 4pp. , 4 ff. TS "Recollections of the late Dr Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace"; stamped envelope addressed to WGW postmarked San Francisco 7 May [1914]. Place: California USA

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NHM-WP06.008.024.[03] Correspondence: Wallace Alfred Russel 1905.07.28--1905.10.02 Stamped brown envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone (Dorset) from "The Fortnightly Review", London, postmarked 8 Sep 1905, annotated on the back in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Life | Proofs | Vol 1", which contained these proofs when listed.

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NHM-WP06.008.025.[02] Correspondence: Wallace Alfred Russel 1905.09.06--1905.10.02 Stamped brown envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone (Dorset) from "The Fortnightly Review", London, postmarked 14 Sep [1905], annotated on the back in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Proofs | Vol 2", which contained these proofs when listed. Notes: Individual sections and pages NOT marked with reference or section numbers because of the large number of missing pages.

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NHM-WP06.008.027.[01] Correspondence: Shirra W L , Wallace Alfred Russel 1899.02.08--1899 Letter from W L Shirra to A. R. Wallace from Port Street Stirling (Scotland), 8 Feb 1899, with names and some details of members of a Wallace family in the Stirling area c.1748-1864; 2 ff. Place: Scotland Notes: Annotations on envelope are, in ink in Wallace, A. R. Wallace's? hand "Shirra's information" and in pencil in A. R. Wallace's?or son William's? hand "re Wallace family in Stirling" 3 folios plus envelope which enclosed both letter and note when listed.

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NHM-WP06.008.027.[02] Correspondence: Shirra W L , Wallace Alfred Russel 1899.02.08--1899 Envelope annotated "Shirra's information I re Wallace family in Stirling" Place: Scotland Notes: Annotations on envelope are, in ink in Wallace, A. R. Wallace's? hand "Shirra's information" and in pencil in A. R. Wallace's?or son William's? hand "re Wallace family in Stirling" 3 folios plus envelope which enclosed both letter and note when listed.

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NHM-WP06.008.028 Correspondence: Wallace Alfred Russel ,Sims Thomas ,Wallace Mary Nee Webster 1904.03.02--1904 Letter from A. R. Wallace to Mr (Thomas) Sims, from Broadstone Dorset, 2 Mar 1904, thanking him for a parcel of letters, agreements, bills and drawings, noting that some of his own (A. R. Wallace's) drawings have been marked "W.G.Wallace" by his sister in error, and that two or three drawings by his brother (Herbert?) may be suitable to reproduce in his book; will offer material relating to the Webster's to his sister-in-law Mary in California; sends Thomas a cheque for £5, last book enabled him to clear a debt on the Broadstone house; asks about identity of an old house in a pencil drawing by his brother. Place: California USA Dorset England

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NHM-WP06.009.001.[02] Correspondence: Poynting J H 1907.10.19 Letter to A. R. Wallace from J H Poynting, from Ampton Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham 19 Oct 1907 re the last chapters, radiation and Martian canals Notes: All found when listed in a 1998 envelope (destroyed) with apparently unrelated miscellanea including lists compiled by WGW of A. R. Wallace's library.

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NHM-WP06.009.001.[03] Correspondence: Poynting J H 1907.11.01 Stamped envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace from "The Auk", Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, date illegible, annotated on the back in A. R. Wallace's? hand " Is Mars Habitable? | Author's corrected Proofs | (Prof Poynting's letter)". Notes: All found when listed in a 1998 envelope (destroyed) with apparently unrelated miscellanea including lists compiled by WGW of A. R. Wallace's library.

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NHM-WP06.010.005 Correspondence: Curtis Brown & Massie ,Moffatt Yard & Co 1910.01.02?--1911.05.23 Papers re New York edtion of and payment for "The World of Life" comprising: 1. Letter from Curtis Brown & Massie to A. R. Wallace, from 5 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London 2 Jan 1910 [sic: 1911?], 1 f. TS, enclosing : 2. Memorandum of Agreement between A. R. Wallace and Moffatt Yard & Co. publishers of New York City, 20 Dec 1910, 1 f. TS, annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand; enclosure to 1. 3. Letter from Curtis Brown & Massie to A. R. Wallace, from Covent Garden 5 Apr 1911 4. Receipt dated 5 Apr 1911, re payments to him for the American edition of his book "The World of Life" 5. Letter from Curtis Brown & Massie to A. R. Wallace, from Covent Garden 23 May 1911 6. Receipt dated 23 May 1911, re payments to him for the American edition of his book "The World of Life" 7. Brown envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Agreement with Moffatt Yard & Company New York for American edition of 'The World of Life' (dated -December 20th 1910) Curtis Brown and Massie agents"; enclosing 1 and 2 when listed. 8. Brown envelope annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand with notes on the payments and commission; annotations headed "Accounts of [Moffatt]" (envelope torn) Notes: Letter from Curtis Brown and Massie 2 Jan [1910] refers to two enclosures and "the agreements"; only one is present - presumably one copy was signed and returned to the publishers. This letter and enclosure was found in box 3 of the papers and has been inserted here.