WCP1436

Letter (WCP1436.4328)

[1]

Corfe View,

Parkstone,

Dorset

Feby. 24th. 1898

The Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone F.R.S.

Dear Sir

I take the liberty of sending you my pamphlet on the Vaccination question, in the hope that you will be able to examine it during your comparative leisure at Bournemouth, and that, if you find it as conclusive as I believe it to be, you will give the great weight of your name to a public statement to that effect.

A copy has been sent to every member of the House of Commons, but I fear that very few will give the subject that attention and study which it requires.

[2] Allow me to express the hope that your residence at Bournemouth [one word illegible crossed out] may be beneficial to you;

And, with much admiration and respect | I remain | Yours very sincerely | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

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Transcription (WCP1436.5166)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset,

Feb. 24th 1898

The Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone F.R.C.[sic?]1

Dear Sir,

I take the liberty of sending you my pamphlet on the Vaccination question, in the hope that you will be able to examine it during your comparative leisure at Bournemouth, and that, if you find it as conclusive as I believe it to be, you will give the great weight of your name to a public statement to that effect.

A copy has been sent to every member of the House of Commons, but I fear that very few will give the subect that attention and study which it requires.

Allow me to express the hope that your residence at Bournemouth may be beneficial to you; and with much admiration and respect

I remain | yours very sincerely | Alfred Russel Wallace

1
Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898). British Liberal statesman and scholar of Homer; served four times as Prime Minister of the UK.

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Transcription (cc) (WCP1436.1215)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset1

Feb. 24th. 1898

The Rt.Hon. W.E. Gladstone F.R.S.2,3

Dear Sir,

I take the liberty of sending you my pamphlet on the Vaccination question,4 in the hope that you will be able to examine it during your comparative leisure at Bournemouth,5 and that, if you find it as conclusive a[s] I believe it to be, you will give the great weight of your name to a public statement to that effect.

A copy has been sent to every member of the House of Commons, but I fear very few will give the subject that attention and study wich[sic] it requires.

Allow me to express the g hope that your residence at Bournemouth may be beneficial to you, and with much admiration and respect

I remain | yours very sincerely | Alfred R. Wallace

1
Wallace lived at Corfe View, Parkstone, Dorset from 1889-1902, renting at first, then buying the house. http://wallacefund.info/wallace-timeline [accessed 5 June 2018]
2
Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898). Prime minister and author. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3

Gladstone was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (F.R.S.) in 1881.

https://prints.royalsociety.org/products/portrait-of-william-ewart-gladstone-1809-1898-rs-1411 [accessed 6 June 2018].

The Royal Society was founded in 1640 to meet weekly to discuss scientific topics. In 1847 it was decided Fellows should be elected solely on the merit of their scientific work, and in 1850 the Government Grant System was established by an initial grant from the government of £1,000 to assist scientists in their research. royalsociety.org [accessed 6 June 2018].

4
Wallace, A. R. 1898. Vaccination a Delusion; Its Penal Enforcement a Crime: Proved by the Official Evidence in the Reports of the Royal Commission. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. Wallace was committed to the anti-vaccination movement.
5
Gladstone had been unwell, staying in Cannes. He travelled to Bournemouth, on the south coast of England, in the hope that the change of air might improve his health, reaching there on February 22nd. His condition deteriorated, however, and at the end of March he returned to his home in North Wales, Hawarden Castle, where he died on 19 May 1898. Morley, John. 2011. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [pp. 524-528]

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Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP1436,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1436