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WCP1556

Letter (WCP1556.1335)

[1]

Croydon

Dec. 1.73

To the Secretary Zoological Socy1

Sir,

As I have not heard any thing to the contrary I am to presume that Mr A. R. Wallace is still a member of the Society. And [2] you are doubtless aware that he is still, at the end of gibes allowing himself to be posted as a cheat and a swindler. Though he has been assured that all further exposure [3] should cease if he could only find two men of undoubted honor to justify his conduct & exonerate him from the charges brought ag[ain]st him. That none just his hired attornies will [4] dare utter a word in his behalf!!

Yrs [illeg.] | John Hampden2 [signature]

1
Sclater, Philip Lutley (1829-1913). British lawyer, zoologist and ornithologist, secretary to the Zoological Society of London.
2
Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat Earth theory.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP1556.1335)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Bevan, Deniz [2015-03-03] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1556,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1556