WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Notes: Annotated in blue pencil on the first page in WGW's? hand
''Gambling''. OLD REF Political letters 1902 and 1911:
WP1/19/8/1
WP1/1/177 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from
Parkstone, Dorset, 27 Apr 1902 re forwarding of a sextant and
book, suggests William takes readings and compares results with
Ordnance Survey map, gives detailed instructions for surveying
fields and boundaries; progress of house building, walls and
ceiling joists, expects roof to go on in a month; Bingo? unwell so
has done no digging; Greenhouse leaks; pond filled and red water
lilies planted, plans to exchange water plants with a nurseryman in
Christchurch (Dorset?); glad William has met more Socialists,
encloses letter from a Socialist correspondent (unnamed, letter not
present).
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Place: Broadstone Parkstone Dorset England
Notes: OLD REF Letters re houses and building: WP1/19/4/11
WP1/1/178 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from
Parkstone, Dorset, 8 Jun 1902 re progress of house building; 3
chimneys up, Percy (Curtis) proud of appearance of roof's gables,
hips and dormers, felting and tiling to be done; annoying delays in
fitting window frames; rough calculation of 400 feet of water
piping, good book on hot water supply by Mr Dye; choosing
fixtures and fittings for kitchen and bathroom from Spring? and
Marten of Stratford catalogue; electric bells to be fitted; suggests
William might find books on surveying in old Newcastle
bookshops.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Curtis, Percy, fl 1901-1902
Donkin, ?, fl 1902
Place: Broadstone Parkstone Dorset England
Notes: OLD REF Letters re houses and building: WP1/19/4/12
WP1/1/179 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from
Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 18 Oct 1902 re progress of house
building; extra expense and days lost through replacement of
faulty windows, re-hanging a door, missing door locks and
window glass of wrong thickness (ink sketches of windows and
door latches on two pages) ; bills of £120 this month, economy
needed; bookshelves fitted in study but no shelves elsewhere,
house full of unpacked crates; work on garden and greenhouse;
sheep, cattle and horses nibbling plants; ''Manx Codlen'' and
''Northern Greening'' apples in orchard; teak front door begun;
parrot now well and beginning to talk.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
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27 Apr 1902
8 June 1902
18 Oct 1902
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