NHM-WP01.003.029    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Mary Anne, Wallace John, Allen Charles, Wilson Mr, Stevens Samuel, Sims Thomas  1854.05.28   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother (Mary Anne Wallace) from Bukit Tima (Timah), Singapore, 28 May 1854 re daily tasks with insect collections; sending a box of beetles to Stevens; plans to go to Borneo; Charles's progress as assistant; friends and family in England. Place: Malaya Singapore Notes: Letter no in contents list: 27

NHM-WP01.003.031    Correspondence:   Wallace John, Wallace Mary Anne, Wilson C A, Allen Charles, Pownall Mr, McCann Mrs  1854.08.28   Letter from John Wallace, from Columbia, 28 Aug 1854 re rebuilding and surveying after fire in the town; presumed loss of the steamer "City of Glascau" (Glasgow); Wilson's plans to emigrate to Australia; widow McCann; mining speculation; quartz mine; Dr Pownall sharing house; growing tomatoes; interesting Californian spider and fly; A. R. Wallace's assistant; hot weather. Place: Australia Columbia California USA Notes: Letter no in contents list: 29

NHM-WP01.003.033    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Silk George C, Hooker Sir William Jackson, Spruce Richard, Brooke Sir James, Johnson John Brooke, Latham Robert Gordon  [1854.10.15]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to George Silk, with part-letter to the (Hertford?) Literary Society? on the back, from Singapore, 15 Oct 1854?, re sailing for Sarawak next day; arranging and cataloguing collection of 6,000 specimens - birds, insects and shells; impossibility of collecting plants for William Hooker; pleasure at quotation by Latham; any news of Sebastopol; wanting copies of "Punch"; expedition to Mount Ophir. Place: Mount Ophir Malaya Sarawak Singapore Malaya Notes: Letter no in contents list: 31. No year date. Annotated in pencil "1854". Some of the letter (three folios?) is apparently missing. The text addressed to George Silk, which is on one side of a folio. with valediction and signature, states "These four sheets are for the Lit. Soc. ... If too long this letter may be cut in two, at the 2nd page of sheet 2 where I have made a cross." The text on the back, which is initialled "A. R. Wallace" and is about Mount Ophir, seems to be the last page of a longer narrative.

NHM-WP01.003.035    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Wallace Mary Anne, Wallace John, Vignoles Charles Blacker, Claudet Antoine, Mayall John Jabez Edwin, Matthews Sarah, Draper Miss, Fortnum & Mason Ltd  1855.09.28   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny, (Mrs Thomas Sims), from Si Munjon (Simunjan) near Sarawak, 28 Sep 1855, continued 17 Oct 1855, re the Sims' move to Conduit Street and photography business, with detailed advice and questions, suggests asking Mr Vignolles (sic: Vignoles?) to introduce their work at Royal Society Soirees; mother's future; post from England and arrival of a box with shoes (good) and bacon (spoiled). Place: Simunjan Sarawak Malaya Notes: Letter no in contents list: 33

NHM-WP01.003.037    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, Allen Charles, McDougall Francis Thomas, Brooke Sir James, Fenton Roger, Bonaparte Napoleon  1856.02.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Mrs Thomas Sims) in Conduit Street, London, from Singapore, 20 Feb 1856, re departure from Sarawak, leaving Charles behind; admirable character of Sir James Brooke; slow healing of injured foot; good collection of insects in Borneo; Sims' photography business; Fenton's Crimea photographs; justification of Crimean war. Place: Sarawak Singapore Malaya Russia Notes: Letter no in contents list: 35. The date given in the contents list is Feb 1856. The written date is clearly 1855, but "56!" has been added in pencil next to it, possibly in A. R. Wallace's hand, and from context 1856 must be the correct year.

NHM-WP01.003.039    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Saunders ?, Pfeiffer Ida, Spruce Richard, Stevens Samuel  1856.04.30   Letter from A. R. Wallace to H W Bates, from Singapore, 30 Apr 1856, continued 10 May 1856; re long wait for and final arrival of a ship to Macassar; arrival of Bates's letters from Ega (now TeffÉ) Brazil, and copy of "Zoologist"; geographical distribution of insect species in the islands of the Malay archipelago; relative scarcity of Lepidoptera; comparative numbers and types of insect species in Malaya archipelago and Brazil; details of insects collected, including new butterfly Ornithoptera Brookeana (Wallace), Rhyncophorae, Carabidae, Anthribidae, Bupestridae, Cleridae, Longicornes and many others, total number of insect species collected estimated at 6,000, specimens over 30, 000; desire to collect all world Longicornes for study; importance of recording location of capture of specimens; separation of collections from different localities; desire for future comparison of data and exchange of specimens with Bates; Orang Utans; comparison of types of forest plants, people and customs in Amazon and Malay archipelago; scarcity of edible fruit in the East; delicious Durian; Madame Pfeiffer's insect collection; regards to Spruce. Notes: Letter no in contents list: 37.

NHM-WP01.003.041    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Mohnicke ?, Doleschall ?, Burmeister Hermann, Erichson ?, Darwin Charles Robert, Stevens Samuel, Bowring John Charles  1858.01.04   Letter from A. R. Wallace to W H (sic) Bates, from Amboyna, 4 Jan 1858, continued Ternate, 25 Jan 1858, regarding receipt of mail from home including letters from Bates and Darwin; cleaning and packing of collections from Aru; detailed account of numbers, types and locations of insects collected, including first serious collection of very small genera (Styphilidae etc) at Macassar; comparison of data sent by Bates with 's own; reaction to A. R. Wallace's paper "On the Succession of Species", approving letter from Darwin; benefit of Darwin's proposed publication on species and varieties; boundary between two distinct faunas in Malay Archipelago; proposed expeditions to Gilolo island and New Guinea; advantages of Amboyna as a base; battles of Balaclava and Inkerman; Britain - India meeting (British rule in India?); insects in the Andes. Place: Amboyna Malaya Andes South America Aru Islands Netherlands Indies Australia California USA Gilolo Notes: Letter no in contents list: 39.

NHM-WP01.003.043    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, Silk George C, Claudet Antoine, Riglander ?, Fry Roger, Spurjeon?, Dumas Alexander  1858.09.06   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Frances) and Thomas Sims, from Ternate, 6 Sep 1858, regarding the Sims's business, George Silk's marriage plans; sending Dumas' "La Reine Margot"; Claudet's stereoscope; photographs by Riglander and Fry; "The Family Herald"; speeches by Spurjeon. Place: Ternate Moluccas Netherlands Indies Notes: Letter no in contents list: 41. Annotated in pencil "Not copied | WGW"

NHM-WP01.003.045    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Silk George C, Latham Robert Gordon, ? Davis, Pritchard James C, Lawrence William, Dumas Alexander  1858.11.30   Letter from A. R. Wallace to G C Silk, from Batchian, Moluccas, 30 Nov 1858 regarding love of solitude; complimentary remarks by Lyell and Hooker on his paper published in the August Linnean; dislike of politics; news from India; journals and books including "Tristram Shandy"and novels of Dumas; ethnology; marriage; sending an article on "Smoke" for the Athenaeum. Place: Amazon Batchian Moluccas England New Guinea Switzerland Notes: Letter no in contents list: 43

NHM-WP01.003.047    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Bates Frederick, Lacordaire T?, Spix J B von, Natterer Johann, Castelnau Francis-Louis de, Ascolati? ?  1859.11.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to H W Bates, from Ceram, 25 Nov 1859 re Bates's safe arrival (in England); hopes Bates will write a Fauna of the Amazon valley; A. R. Wallace's own plans for a similar work on the Malay Archipelago; hopes for exchange of duplicate specimens; paper on principles of Geographical distribution in the archipelago sent to the Linnean Society. Place: Ceram Moluccas Netherlands Indies Notes: Letter no in contents list: 45

NHM-WP01.003.049    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Darwin Charles Robert,  1860.12.24   Letter from A. R. Wallace to H W Bates, from Ternate, 24 Dec 1860, re A. R. Wallace's admiration of Darwin's "Origin of species"; birds and mammals better indicators of zoological geography than insects; exchange of specimens with Bates; plans to return to England in about 18 months; imminent voyage to Timor. Place: Ternate Moluccas Netherlands Indies Timor Australia New Guinea Notes: Letter no in contents list: 47

NHM-WP01.003.051    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Stevens Samuel  1861.10.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Frances Wallace, Mr Sims) from the mountains of Java, 10 Oct 1861, re ascent of a volcano, vegetation at the peak similar to English weeds, tropical on the lower slopes; comparative beauty of English and tropical plants; Dutch collectors for Leyden Museum; letter (not present) to be taken to Stevens with instructions re A. R. Wallace's specimens. Place: Java Notes: Letter no in contents list: 49

NHM-WP01.003.053    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Silk George C, Fechter Charles Albert, Money? ?, Blondin  1861.12.22   Letter from A. R. Wallace to George Silk, from Lobo Raman, Sumatra, 22 Dec 1861, continued Singapore, 20 Jan 1862, re plans to return to England; GS's preoccupation with politics; A. R. Wallace;s paper on New Guinea Native Trade, Blondin, Mr Fechter; "Great Expectations"; wet season in Sumatra; jungle animals; monkey behaviour; Malay language and customs; Mony's? book on Java; Dutch and British colonial government; GS's siblings; Marriage, desirable qualities in a wife. Place: Lobo Raman Sumatra Java Netherlands Indies India Notes: Letter no in contents list: 51. Five folios

NHM-WP01.003.055    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Spruce Richard, Markham Sir Clements Robert, Pierce Richard, Fraser Louis, LaCondamine Charles Marie, Hooker Sir William Jackson, Bentham George, Poeppig E F, Matthews ?, Blacker Alexander  1863.11.21   Letter from Richard Spruce to A. R. Wallace, from Amotape, Peru, 21 Nov 1863 re journey from Guayaquil, heart-attack, paralysis, general ill-health and poverty, inability to collect insects for A. R. Wallace; botany, illness preventing his work on collection of mosses; bitterness at treatment by Sir William Hooker; newspaper reports on Darwin's "Origin of Species", geographical distribution of species; A. R. Wallace's Malayan collections; collectors in the Andes; tameness of native birds; marriage; possibility of returning to England. Place: Amotape Peru Andes South America Banos Ecuador Guayaquil Mount Chimborazo Quito Tarapoto Peru Payata Notes: Letter no in contents list: 53. 2 Large folios

NHM-WP01.003.057    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, Mitten William  1867.02.27   Letter from Richard Spruce to Mrs Sims (Frances Wallace) from Hurstpierpoint, 27 Feb 1867 re the return of some of his diplomas found by her; A. R. Wallace's stereoscope; spiritualism; health. Place: Hurstpierpoint West Sussex England Notes: Letter no in contents list: 55

NHM-WP01.003.059    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace John, Wallace Violet Isabel?, Wallace Herbert Spencer, Wallace Mary Anne, Watts?, Burden ?, Millard ?, Wallace Herbert Edward, Wallace Eliza, Wallace William G., Lyell Sir Charles, Grey Thomas De  1869.05.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to John Wallace, from 9, St. Mark's Crescent, Regents Park London NW, 25 May 1869 re probate (of his mother's will?) and payment of Wallace family legacies with details of amounts; sister Fanny's finances; Thomas Sims's business; loss of money through investments; details of annual domestic expenditure; comparative cost of living in London and the country; sales of "Malay Archipelago"; application for museum position; request for seeds of wild Californian plants; children, A. R. Wallace's daughter, now 4 months old, named Violet Isabel. Place: California USA London England Notes: Letter no in contents list: 57. Annotated in ink an unknown hand at top of last page: "All I can find. M W" (Mary Wallace née Webster?)

NHM-WP01.003.063    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Silk George C  1861.01.02   {No description]. Place: Ternate.

NHM-WP01.003.073    Correspondence:   Sims Thomas  1851.01.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Thomas [Sims?] from Guia, Upper Rio Negro, Jan 20 1851, hole torn in last page from seal, 1 folio folded.

NHM-WP01.003.075    Correspondence:   Wallace Herbert Edward, Sims Frances née Wallace  [1849.06.07]   Letter from (Herbert) Edward Wallace to his sister Fanny, from Neath (Wales), Monday 7th (June 1849?) re sailing for Brazil to join A. R. Wallace. Place: Pará Brazil Neath Wales Notes: See WP1/3/88, for details of annotated 1904 envelope in which this letter was stored when received at the NHM. See Raby p. 47, n 29. re date.

NHM-WP01.003.077    Correspondence:   Wallace Herbert Edward, Sims Frances née Wallace, Wallace Mary Anne, Wallace Alfred Russel  [1851].08.30   Letter from Herbert Edward Wallace to his sister Fanny and his mother (Mary Anne Wallace) from Barra de Rio Negro, 30 Aug (1851?) re his brother A. R. Wallace's departure up the Rio Negro; his own plan to spend two months collecting specimens for sale in order to repay A. R. Wallace's loan of £10; plans to leave for England, expecting to be home at Christmas. Notes: See WP1/3/88, for details of annotated 1904 envelope in which this letter was stored when received at the NHM.

NHM-WP01.003.079    Correspondence:   Butler Thomas, Wallace Alfred Russel  1867.06.25   Letter from Thomas Butler, Assistant Secretary, to A. R. Wallace from the British Museum (London) W C, 25 Jun 1867, transmitting a postal order for £4.19.6, the sum (£5) owed Wallace minus cost of the order. Annotated by A. R. Wallace re the delay in payment and his expectation of a cheque for the full amount.

NHM-WP01.003.082    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Mitten William, Mitten Rose  1883.08.26   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his sister Fanny from 2, Western Villas, Abergavenny, 26 Aug 1883, describing a visit to their childhood home in Usk; gravestones of Mary Anne and Emma (siblings?) in the churchyard; visit to Ragland Castle; Rose and William Mitten at Abergavenny. Place: Abergavenny Wales Usk Notes: Previously enclosed in a 1904 half-envelope with two other letters, 1871 and 1888, to Fanny. See WP18/17 for a description of the envelope.

NHM-WP01.003.084    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, North Marianne,  1888.08.24   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his sister Fanny (Mrs Sims) from Godalming, 24 Aug 1888, re house-hunting in Wales and Gloucestershire; visit to Miss North. Place: Godalming Surrey England Notes: This was enclosed in a 1904 half-envelope with another letter from Fanny, 1883. For details of envelope see WP18/17

NHM-WP01.003.086    Correspondence:   Wallace John, Wallace Alfred Russel  1892.06.30   Envelope addressed to Alfred R. Wallace LLD, Parkstone, Dorsetshire, England, with stamp cut out, part postmark: Stock[ton] [Stockton], 1892. Cal., (day date illegible) on front, New York Jul 5 1892 and Parkstone Jy 14 92 on back. Annotated in pencil (by A. R. Wallace?) "Notes on Working Men in 1835-45". CONTENTS: Ms in John Wallace's hand, headed "The Work problem 50 years ago by a Worker" with notes on the wages and conditions for builders' labourers in London from 1835-1845. The letter is from A. R. Wallace's brother John Wallace, Stockton (California) Jun 30 1892, to A. R. Wallace, commenting on his ms and the problem of alcoholism in the working classes in the past. Place: Parkstone Dorset England USA Notes: Ms is 1 lined folio, foolscap size when folded.

NHM-WP01.003.088    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Herbert Edward, Sims Frances née Wallace  1904.03.01   Envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace Broadstone Dorset, postmarked London Mar 1 1904 and annotated in pencil "H.E.W. from Amazon | last letters"containing 3 letters from Herbert Edward Wallace to his sister Fanny, from Neath c. Jun 1849?, Tantarein c Sep 1849? and Barra de Rio Negro c. Aug 1851?. See separate records WP1/3/75, WP1/3/76 and WP1/3/77 for descriptions of the letters.