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From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
30 June 1892
Source of text:
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/86(2)
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/86(3)
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/86(1)
Summary:
Letter and MS in John Wallace's hand, headed "The Work problem 50 years ago by a Worker" with notes on the wages and conditions for builders' labourers in London from 1835-1845. The letter comments on his MS and the problem of alcoholism in the working classes in the past.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project