Croydon
Dec. 1. [18]73
To the Secretary
Zoological Soc[iety]
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!!
Y[ou]rs [truly] | John Hampden [signature]
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP1556.1335)]
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