WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

WP1/1/31 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace,
from Parkstone, Dorset, 29 Nov 1900, re inspection of a house
(The Grange) near Amersham with a view to buying, enclosing
pencil drawing of plan of house, headed: ''The Grange,
Beaconsfield''.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Wallace, Violet, born 1869
Gurney, Mr
Place: Dorset England Amersham Beaconsfield
Notes: Two folios (5 pages) and plan of house on small sheet of
lined paper. First folio Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard
Wallace's hand: 29, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand:
househunting.
WP1/1/32 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace,
from Parkstone, Dorset, 5 Dec 1900 re William's new and better
position with a ''decent and liberal firm''; sending some of his
goods including clothes, advice to buy some cellulose collars and
cuffs; enclosing letter (not present) from Mr Davies who wants
supporters in preserving Godalming Old Market Place and is
interested in William's Rowan fields; fears they may lose ''The
Grange'' through lack of investors with enough money, the owner
having refused an offer of £14,000, Carter to view property, need
to seek a builder with large capital.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Carter, Mr, fl 1902
Swinton, A C, fl 1891-1905
Place: Dorset England
Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 30
WP1/1/33 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace,
from Parkstone, Dorset, 6 Mar 1901 re writing new edition (of
''Wonderful Century''?) with instructions for William in correction
of Ms; chapters on electricity; transmission of power, Niagara
falls; Clerk-Maxwell theory; electric light; will send chapters on
Radiation and Chemistry to a Mr Garnett who pointed out errors in
first edition; new chapters to be written on astronomy including
cosmic theory; unable to find a good (wood)cut of an early postchaise
with postillion, can William help; no need to send ms to
Mac if a suitable expert in Newcastle.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Maxwell, James Clerk 1831-1879
Garnett, Mr, fl 1900
MacAlpine, G A, fl 1893- 1905
Place: Dorset Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear England
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5 Dec 1900
6 Mar 1900
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