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<strong>WP</strong>15<br />

Mitten, William, Papers<br />

1870-1907<br />

Print, correspondence, and samples of a grass in an envelope, 1853-1907, by and relating to<br />

William Mitten, including reprints of papers on Botany, Geology and Natural History sent to<br />

Mitten by authors including J T Kirk and Clement Reid, and printed obituaries of Mitten c.1906-<br />

1907.<br />

<strong>WP</strong>15/1 Mitten Papers: <strong>Correspondence</strong><br />

<strong>WP</strong>15/2 Mitten Papers: Print<br />

<strong>WP</strong>15/3 Obituaries and Memoirs of William Mitten<br />

<strong>WP</strong>15/4 Mitten papers: Ephemera<br />

Name: Mitten, William, 1819-1906<br />

Mitten, Flora, fl 1903<br />

<strong>Wallace</strong>, <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong>, 1823-1913<br />

<strong>Wallace</strong>, Annie, née Mitten, fl 1890<br />

Reid, Clement, 1853 -1916<br />

Kirk, Thomas, 1828-1898<br />

<strong>WP</strong>15/1 Mitten Papers: <strong>Correspondence</strong><br />

<strong>Correspondence</strong> 1853-1906 comprising a letter from W H Harvey<br />

to J D Hooker re Mitten and letters to William Mitten from <strong>Alfred</strong><br />

<strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> and Clement Reid; from Mitten to his daughter<br />

(Annie Mitten/ <strong>Wallace</strong>?) and from C E Larter to Mitten's<br />

daughter (Flora?), mostly on botanical subjects.<br />

<strong>WP</strong>15/1/1 William Harvey to Joseph Hooker<br />

Letter from W H H (William Harvey), to Hook. fil. (Joseph<br />

Hooker) from TCD (Trinity College, Dublin) date stamped 23<br />

May 1853; full text is: My dear Hook. fil. | I find these Hepaticae<br />

among the New Zealand Greenosperms [sic] which I have just<br />

finished. | Send them to Mitten, that's a good kitten! | Yours Affy<br />

W.H.H.<br />

Name: <strong>Wallace</strong>, <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong>, 1823-1913<br />

Harvey, William Henry, 1811-1866<br />

Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911, knight<br />

Place: Dublin Ireland New Zealand<br />

Notes: Found with <strong>Wallace</strong> family correspondence (<strong>WP</strong>1/3) but<br />

not entered in ms contents list. See letter from W B Turrill to W G<br />

<strong>Wallace</strong> from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 22 Apr 1948, Old Ref<br />

<strong>WP</strong>1/3/65, identifying this letter.<br />

<strong>WP</strong>15/1/2 ARW to William Mitten<br />

Letter from <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> to his father in law William<br />

Mitten from Parkstone, Dorset 13 Aug 1893 re Mitten's visit to<br />

Festiniog; the <strong>Wallace</strong>'s recent tour of the Lake District including<br />

Dovedale, Keswick, Derwentwater and Borrowdale, coach trip,<br />

339<br />

1853-1906<br />

23 May 1853<br />

1893.08.13<br />

<strong>WP</strong>15

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