NHM-WP01.008.087    Correspondence:   Heath Newman Chairman?  1913.01.08   Telegram from Newman Chairman? Heath for the Broadstone and National Peace Council, from Parkstone, 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday and on his achievements. Place: Broadstone Dorset Parkstone Dorset England

NHM-WP01.008.089    Correspondence:   New & Co , Wallace Alfred Russel  1909.01.16   Letter from New & Co, tailors, The Arcade, Bournemouth, to A. R. Wallace, 16 Jan 1909 re A. R. Wallace's dress waistcoat and hook and eye for ribbon (of Order of Merit?). Place: Bournemouth Dorset England

NHM-WP01.008.091    Correspondence:   Orridge Robert, Orridge C E, Giffard Hardinge Stanley 1st Earl of Halsbury,  1913.01.08   Letter from C E Orridge from the Drug Exchange, Farncombe, Surrey, 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace re an article about his views of the past, present and future in "The Star"; Orridge's father's own foresight in predicting events; enclosing two plans for workers' homes and pensions and a booklet of his (Orridge's) own inventions (not present); Orridge's patented coal burning smokeless stove; wishing A. R. Wallace many more years of peace and comfort (on his ninetieth birthday). Place: Broadstone Dorset Farncombe Surrey England

NHM-WP01.008.093    Correspondence:   Poulton Sir Edward Bagnall  1893.10.22   Letter from E B Poulton, from Oxford, 22 Oct 1893 to A. R. Wallace, re maps sent by A. R. Wallace; mimicry of Hymenoptera among beetles; foetal development in animals. 3 numbered folios. Place: Oxford Oxfordshire England

NHM-WP01.008.095    Correspondence:   Poynting J H  1907.12.13   Letter from J H Poynting to A. R. Wallace, from Edgbaston, Birmingham, 13 Dec 1907 re Lowell, water vapour etc (on Mars?); thanks for copy of A. R. Wallace's book (possibly a proof copy of "Is Mars Habitable?", published in Jan 1908) (See also WP6/9/1) Place: Edgbaston Birmingham West Midlands England

NHM-WP01.008.097    Correspondence:   Radford Christian Shamrock, Nichols ?, Gore? Crofton,  1913.01.08   Letter written on the back of 12 sheets of a Sharpness railway timetable, from Christian Shamrock Radford from Kingsdown, Bristol, 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday; referring to the interview with A. R. Wallace ("The Spectre of Poverty", 6 Jan 1913) published in the "Daily News & Leader" and reminding A. R. Wallace that they had met forty years earlier at a meeting in London with Dr Nichols and others; the writer's life and wages in fifty years spent as a gentleman's servant, bringing up a family without debt, his current pension of five shillings a week; abstinence from alcohol and tobacco; proposal to walk to Poole to visit A. R. Wallace, giving details of other long walks he has done about the country lecturing on teetotalism and selling his booklet "A View from the Servant's Hall", chopping wood, picking oakum etc. to pay his way; asking if A. R. Wallace would pay him to travel the country selling his (A. R. Wallace's) book ("Social Environment and Moral Progress"? March 1913) and preaching "Personal Self Home Rule", Mr Crofton Gore of Bristol will give him a reference; a poem "Courage, Brother" setting out his personal rule of life; his pamphlet "Great Britons [sic] Wolf in Sheeps Clothing" which he proposes to sell with A. R. Wallace's book; his great-grandfather's estate in Galway and Dublin; father's death from drink and mother's long life supported by her son; most poverty traceable to drink; apologies for the quality of his writing paper. Stamped envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone, Dorset with "Pool" deleted below "Broadstone", postmarked on the front Bristol 9 Jan 1913 and on the back Wimborne? 10 Jan 1913; made from a letter from "The Showman" Lloyd's Weekly News, London 31 Dec 1912, to Symmer (sic) Radford thanking him for his interesting letter and returning the card sent. An anonymous printed rhyming couplet on Christianity, titled "Creeds" has been pasted on the back. Place: Broadstone Dorset England

NHM-WP01.008.099    Correspondence:   Ramsay William  1912.01.12   Letter from William Ramsay to A. R. Wallace, from 19 Chester Terrace, Regent's Park NW, 12 Jan 1912, re article in the "Daily Mail" on the Fellows of the Royal Society and the Government Insurance Bill, explanation of A. R. Wallace's name associated with discontent form. Place: London England

NHM-WP01.008.101    Correspondence:   Regele? Skar?  1913.01.08   Letter from Skar? Regele?, from Pressburg (Hungary), 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace asking for his autograph. Stamped envelope addressed to M Russel Alfred Wallace (sic) postmarked on the front Pozony 8 and 9 Jan 1913 and on the back Bournemouth 10 Jan 1913 and Wimborne 10 Jan 1913. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Hungary Notes: Pressburg (now in Slovakia) was renamed Bratislava in 1919.

NHM-WP01.008.103    Correspondence:   Rouffaer G P  1913.01.08   Letter from G P Rouffaer, from The Hague, 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday; praising A. R. Wallace's "Malay Archipelago" he read while on an ethnographic expedition in Malaysia in 1911; would like to visit A. R. Wallace later in the year. Stamped envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace, postmarked on front 'Sgravenhage 8 Jan 1913 and on the back Wimborne 9 Jan 1913. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Malaya Netherlands Indies

NHM-WP01.008.105    Correspondence:   Royal Society , Rix Herbert, Darwin Charles Robert,  1890.12.02   Letter from Herbert Rix, Royal Society, Burlington House (London) W, 2 Dec 1890, to A. R. Wallace re sending him the Darwin Medal; accompanying cheque to be sent later. Place: London

NHM-WP01.008.107    Correspondence:   Russell ? Edwards-  1913.01.06   Telegram from Edwards Russell, from Arundel (West Sussex), 6 Jan 1913? to A. R. Wallace with best wishes (on his ninetieth birthday). Annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "unknown". Place: Broadstone Dorset England Sussex

NHM-WP01.008.109    Correspondence:   Scott D H  1913.01.08   Telegram from D?, S? and R Scott, from Oakley, Hants, 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday. Place: Broadstone Dorset England

NHM-WP01.008.111    Correspondence:   Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft  1913.01.08   Telegram from the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft (The Senckenberg Natural History Society), from Frankfurt am Main, 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Germany

NHM-WP01.008.113    Correspondence:   Sherren Wilkinson, O'Connor Thomas Power  1913.01.09   Letter from Wilkinson Sherren from the Authors' Club, London, 9 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace enclosing a copy (not present) of an appreciation of A. R. Wallace written after visiting him, for "T.P's Weekly"; a short article for America is in progress. Stamped envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone, postmarked on the front London 9 Jan 1913. Place: Broadstone Dorset London England USA

NHM-WP01.008.115    Correspondence:   Stevens Herbert  1913.01.07   Letter from Herbert Stevens, from Morecambe, Lancs, 7 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday. Place: Broadstone Dorset Morecambe Lancashire England Amazon

NHM-WP01.008.117    Correspondence:   Suslin?  1913.01.08   Telegram from Suslin? (American) Consul, from Southampton, 8 Jan 1913 on behalf of many Americans to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday. Place: Broadstone Dorset Southampton Hampshire England

NHM-WP01.008.119    Correspondence:   Taylor Arnold D, Robarts Agar, Clifden Lord,  1913.01.08   Letter from Arnold D Taylor from Padstowe, North Cornwall, 8 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday, with news of Taylor's dealings with landlords and efforts to improve the housing of the poor in Padstowe, articles in "The Daily News & Leader" by Harold Spender; anecdote about a large family living in one room where the mother was giving birth and the father suffering from pleurisy, in a house surrounded by uncultivated land which could provided work and housing; Railway strike; "Knot" strike; plight of agricultural workers. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Notes: 5 folios written on one side only; 2-5 numb

NHM-WP01.008.121    Correspondence:   Twidle Arthur  1913.01.07   Letter from Arthur Twidle, from Sidcup, 7 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday. Place: Broadstone Dorset Sidcup Kent England

NHM-WP01.008.123    Correspondence:   Wallace J E, Illustrated London News, Wallace David,  1913.01.12   Letter to The Illustrated London News from J E Wallace, from La Crosse Wis, 12 Jan 1913, asking for A. R. Wallace's address; A. R. Wallace's portrait in the magazine strongly resembles J E W's late father. See also WP1/8/124, letter to A. R. Wallace enclosing photo of father. Notes: Annotated in ink at top right in A. R. Wallace's? or WGW's? hand : "Ansd. Asked for photo of father."

NHM-WP01.008.125    Correspondence:   Wallace William  1912.12.03   Letter from William Wallace from St Joseph's College, Darjeeling, 3 Dec 1912 to A. R. Wallace re the connection between modern theories of evolution and the ancient philosophies of the East enclosing 2 folios of TS text titled "The Eastern philosophy of person & nature". Stamped envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone postmarked Darjeeling 4 Dec 1912 on the front, annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand on the front "From Rev. William Wallace S.J. | Darjeeling | About Indian philosophy of Evolution. I Ansd., asked for seeds &c." and annotated in pencil in WGW's? hand "90th". Place: Broadstone Dorset England Darjeeling India

NHM-WP01.008.127    Correspondence:   Wells Maurice G  1913.01.06   Letter from schoolboy Maurice G Wells, from Leigh on Sea, 6 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday and asking for his autograph. Place: Broadstone Dorset Leigh on Sea Essex England

NHM-WP01.008.129    Correspondence:   Williams C S, Bertolacci ?  1913.01.06   Letter from C S Williams, from Stow Hill, Newport, 6 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace, asking for housing and employment by him; experience as clerk at the Colonial Training Homestead in Surrey; wishing A. R. Wallace a happy (ninetieth) birthday. Place: Stow Hill Newport Gwent Wales

NHM-WP01.008.132    Correspondence:   Williamson G Bell  1913.01.13   Letter from G Bell Williamson, from Brighton, Sussex, 13 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace thanking him for the reply to his letter of 10 Jan 1913; Bible text; workmen voters; the evils of Capitalism; entry of the poor into the Army and its degrading effects; advocating the possession of a rifle by everyone over the age of fourteen and armed revolution. Stamped envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone Wimborne, postmarked on the front Brighton 14 Jan 1913. Annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand "No Ans". Place: Brighton East Sussex Broadstone Dorset England

NHM-WP01.008.134    Correspondence:   Yorkshire County Union of Spiritualists and Societies , Gush William  1913.01.16   Letter from William Gush, Secretary,on behalf of the Yorkshire County Union of Spiritualists and Societies, from Huddersfield, 16 Jan 1913 to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on reaching his ninetieth birthday and on his achievements. Place: Broadstone Dorset Huddersfield Yorkshire England

NHM-WP01.008.136    Correspondence:   Waddell L A  1898.02.01   Letter from L A Waddell to A. R. Wallace from Dartmouth Park Road, Highgate NW, 1 Feb 1898, in answer to A. R. Wallace's of Jan 27th, re pigment cells in Herpes; 1 small folio of blue-green paper. Place: London Notes: This letter was mislaid in November 2003 and has been added at the end of the numerical sequence: it is therefore out of alphabetical order.