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From:
W. van den Berghe
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
8 January 1913
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/16
Summary:
Begging for money for a passage to South Africa after reading a biographical article about ARW in the Westminster Gazette including ARW's reported opinion on the alleviation of poverty; he has been financially ruined by the Boer War and by the loss of restaurant in Leith, Scotland due to strikes.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project