WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

WP1/1/174 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from
Parkstone, Dorset, 11 Nov 1901 re near completion of purchase of
(Broadstone) property, road making, fencing and gardening can
now begin; Carter's head builder to draw up preliminary house
plans; Alfred Russel Wallace expects definite offer for ''Nutwood''
(Cottage, Godalming) next week and will also put up ''For Sale''
sign at Parkstone house; has designed two gates on proper
mechanical principles; if work slack at William's firm after
Christmas he might take leave and supervise ''Ellerslie'' (proposed
name for new house?); Sends tracing of upper floor plan and
rough tracing of 25'' Ordnance map showing ground and access
from Poole road (neither present, probably WP1/1/119 and
WP1/1/118 or 121).
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Wallace, Annie, née Mitten, born c.1846
Carter, ?, fl 1902
Place: Broadstone Parkstone Dorset England
Notes: OLD REF Letters re houses and building: WP1/19/4/9
WP1/1/175 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from
Parkstone, Dorset, 1 Dec 1901, re adoption of William's suggested
alterations to house plans, architect Mr Donkin recommends a
cheaper substitute for plaster; wooden ceilings; plan and elevations
to be ready before Christmas; letter from Mac written from ship
bound for South Africa; Alfred Russel Wallace recovering from
bronchitis; plans to sink a well as connection to mains water
expensive; over one thousand trees and shrubs including roses,
filberts, cherries, apples and rhododendrons bought at nursery sale,
some for as little as 3 pence.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Donkin, ?, fl 1902
MacAlpine, G A, fl 1893- 1905
Place: Broadstone Parkstone Dorset England
Notes: OLD REF Letters re houses and building: WP1/19/4/10
WP1/1/176 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William 23 Feb
1902, thanking him for information about acetylene gas supply,
asks for address of ''Dargue'' system London offices; Well
Fireplace Co at Newcastle; progress of digging of foundations and
making garden (at ''Old Orchard'', Broadstone), rain likely to flood
cellar excavations, plans for drainage; details of cement and brick
supply; ''Well'' ''Rational'' and ''Teal'' fires; altered plans for study;
William's increase in salary; definition of and immorality of
gambling.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Place: Parkstone Dorset England
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1 Dec 1901
23 Feb 1902
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