WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Dec 1860, re Alfred Russel 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.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882
Place: Ternate Moluccas Netherlands Indies Timor Australia New
Guinea
Notes: Letter no in contents list: 47
WP1/3/50 Wallace Family Correspondence 1835-1893
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother (Mary Ann
Wallace) from Sourabaya, 20 Jul 1861 re plans to collect
specimens in Java en route to Singapore and return from there to
England; stores and baggage carried on previous expeditions;
plans for work and accommodation on return to England.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Mary Anne, born c 1789 died 1868
Sims, Frances, née Wallace, died 1893
Sims, Thomas, fl 1850
Place: Sourabaya Java Netherlands Indies
Notes: Letter no in contents list: 48. Annotated in pencil, possibly
in Alfred Russel Wallace's older hand, ''? Use some of this in
preface.''
WP1/3/51 Wallace Family Correspondence 1835-1893
Letter from Alfred Russel 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 Alfred Russel Wallace's
specimens.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Sims, Frances, née Wallace, died 1893
Stevens, Samuel
Place: Java
Notes: Letter no in contents list: 49
WP1/3/52 Wallace Family Correspondence 1835-1893
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to H W Bates, from Lobo
Raman, near Bencoolen, Sumatra, 10 Dec 1861, re Bates's paper
on Papilios; Darwinian philosophy, geographical distribution of
species, rivers as limits to distribution, Alfred Russel Wallace's
Zoological Society paper on distribution of monkey species in
Brazil; isolation of species from geographical origins, geological
evidence; hopes Bates will write on Cicindelidae; collecting in
Sumatra; plans to return to England.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892
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