WCP2571

Letter (WCP2571.2461)

[1]1

196 Clinton Avenue

Brooklyn N[ew]. Y[ork]. USA

August 16. 1878

Alfred Russel Wallace Esq[uire]. F R. S.2

My dear Sir

By today’s mail I send you copies of the Rel[igio]. Phil[osophical]. Journal3 of the 3 and 10th inst[ant]s containing an interesting account of a case of protracted spirit control. Col[onel]. Bundy4 of that Journal writes [to] me that he is well acquainted with the narrator and can vouch for both his intelligence and veracity and the account to me bears the earmarks of truthfulness. It is needless for me to draw the inferences as you are better qualified than myself to do this. I only hope [2] it may interest you as it does myself. Does it not throw light upon the question of the origin of the doctrine of reincarnation?

Very truly yours | Eugene Crowell5 [signature]

1
The page is numbered 164 in pencil in the top RH corner and bears the British Museum stamp on the reverse.
2
ARW was only made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1893, therefore incorrectly addressed here.
3
Journal devoted to spiritual philosophy founded in Chicago in 1865 by S. S. Jones and an association of leading spiritualists of the day. It was published weekly between1865-1905.
4
Bundy John C. (1841-1892). Lieutenant-Colonel in the American Civil War and son-in-law of S. S. Jones, the founder of the Religio-Philosophical Journal (see Endnote 3), was editor between 1877-1892.
5
British Museum stamp underneath.

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Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-07-15] Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2571,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2571