Broadstone, Wimborne
Aug[ust]. 23rd 1904
Please give me Mr. John Burns' address. I want some of Owen's works not in the Lond[on] library. I go even further & consider Owen one of the best as well as one of the greatest men of the 19th Cent[ury]., an almost ideally perfect character but too far in advance of his time. He was my first introducer to mental philosophy & social reform. I heard him speak once.
A. R. W. [signature]
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Broadstone, Wimborne.1
August 23, 1904.
Please give me Mr. John Burns's3 address. I want some of Owen's4 works not in the London Library.5 I go even further and consider Owen one of the best as well as one of the greatest men of the 19th Century, an almost ideally pefect character but too far in advance of his time. He was my first introducer to mental philosophy and social reform. I heard him speak once.6
There is no salutation included in the letter. but the following text is written at the top of the page "(Copy letter from A.R.Wallace to Sydney C.Cockerell.)".
Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle (1867-1962). Museum director and book collector. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Burns, John Elliott (1858-1943). Labour leader and politician. ODNB. His collection of books includes works on and by Robert Owen and is now held in Senate House Library, University of London.
https://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/printed-special-collections/burns [accessed 30 May 2018]
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Broadstone,
Wimborne,1
Aug. 23rd 1904
Please give me Mr. John Burns'3 address. I want some of Owen's4 works not in the London Library.5 I go even further and consider Owen one of the best as well as one of the greatest men of the 19th centurey [sic], an almost ideally perfect character, but too far in advance of his time. He was my first introducer to mental philosophy and social reform. I heard him speak once.6
signed A.R.W.
Burns, John Elliott (1858-1943). Labour leader and politician. ODNB. His collection of books includes works on and by Robert Owen and is now held in Senate House Library, University of London.
https://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/printed-special-collections/burns [accessed 30 May 2018]
Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP1433.4232)]
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Broadstone, Wimborne.2
Aug 23. 1904
Please give me Mr John Burns's4 address. I want some of Owen's5 works not in the London Library.6 I go even further and consider Owen one of the best as well as one of the greatest men of the 19th century, an almost ideally perfect character but too far in advance of his time. He was my first introducer to mental philosophy and social reform. I heard him speak once.7
Burns, John Elliott (1858-1943). Labour leader and politician. ODNB. His collection of books includes works on and by Robert Owen and is now held in Senate House Library, University of London.
https://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/printed-special-collections/burns [accessed 30 May 2018]
Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP1433.4234)]
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Broadstone, Wimborne
Aug. 23rd, 1904
Please give me Mr. John Burns' address. I want some of Owen's works not in the London Library. I go even further and consider Owen one of the best as well as one of the greatest men of the 19th century, an almost ideally perfect character, but too far in advance of his time. He was my first introducer to mental philosophy and social reform. I heard him speak once.
A. R. W.
Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP1433.5477)]
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