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WCP1342

Letter (WCP1342.1121)

[1]

Godalming

28th. July 1885

Sir,

I beg to enclose a document which came by post this morning.1 Although evidently the act of a lunatic yet I think it my duty to place the matter before you.

I am | yours faithfully | C. Burgess2 [signature]

A. R. Wallace Esq

Frith Hill

1
Presumably this was a letter from John Hampden about the flat earth wager Wallace took up with him and the subsequent anti-Wallace campaign undertaken by Hampden.
2
Burgess has not been identified. Presumably he was ARW’s cook. See WCP623. https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP623

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1342.1121)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lester, Ahren [2013-08-01] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-01] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP1342,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1342