WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

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(Source: http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/hou00463.html)
WP1/5/15 Letters from the USA and Canada
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from The
Hamilton Hotel, Washington DC, 16 Jan 1887 re newspaper
reports of snow in England; snow in Washington, sleighs on the
streets; stone artefacts from grave mounds displayed in American
museums (ink sketch of five of these on p. 2 of letter); museum's
orang-utan display; encloses some amusing cuttings (not present)
from American papers; urges William to apply himself to
carpentry lessons at school. ''William Greenell Wallace'' is written
on the back of the letter in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Place: Washington DC USA
Notes: This was in the same envelope as a letter to Annie Wallace,
23 Feb 1887 (See WP1/20) when listed.
WP1/5/16 Letters from the USA and Canada
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his wife Annie from
Washington DC, 29 Jan 1887, re her letter about snow in England
and damage to garden; Hampden (John Hampden of the Flat Earth
Society) not a threat as few American papers would print
anything by him; flattery becoming ''quite painful'', quotes remarks
by dinner host, Mr Nordhoff, Washington representative of ''New
York Herald'', describes dinner in detail including settings (guests
names in gold on rose leaves), dining etiquette; J A Allen, father
of Grant Allen staying nearby with his family; magnificence of
Washington, street layout and houses; details of city's tram
system; approval of American methods of warming houses and
trains; superiority of American railway system; details of hotel
room including heater and gas lamp; amazing experiences of
spiritualist General Lippitt, materialisations and slate-writing;
seances attended; visit to millionaire spiritualist Senator Stanford
and his wife, Stanford to spend 20 million dollars to found a
university in memory of his son; sending press cuttings on weather
and on Garibaldi; no lectures recently but two arranged in Canada
in March; has sent an article to Harris and written reviews for
some American papers.
Stamped envelope addressed to her at Frith Hill, Godalming and
postmarked on the front Washington 29 Jan 1887and on the back
New York 30 Jan 1887 and Godalming 11 Feb 1887.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, born c.1846
Hampden, John, fl 1870
Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie, 1848-1899
Allen, J A, fl 1887
Place: Washington DC USA
WP1/5/17 Letters from the USA and Canada
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his daughter Violet from
141
16 Jan 1887
29 Jan 1887
12 Feb 1887
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