WCP1729

Letter (WCP1729.1612)

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Holly House. Barking. E.

Jan^y. 20th. 1871

Dear Sclater¹

Many thanks for sending me Hampden's² letter, & for the excellent reply you have written, which I think you had better send.

I had not heard of him for some months & thought he was tired of abusing me. Perhaps your letter will show him the uselessness of continuing it.

I remain │yours much obliged │ Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Dr. Sclater. F. R. S.

Sclater, Philip Lutley (1829-1913). British lawyer, zoologist and ornithologist, secretary to the Zoological Society of London.

Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat-earth theory.

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Transcribed by Royce, Isobel [2013-05-16] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2019-12-20] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1729,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1729

Thanks Sclater for forwarding on a letter from Hampden and for the reply Sclater has written to it.