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WCP2637

Letter (WCP2637.2527)

[1]1

Kinnaird

Pitlochry

16 Sept. 1882

My dear Sir,

How have you managed with the Sellar affair?2,3 — I made some slight alteration, so as to avoid all possible ambiguity; and come out will a second edition. But of course [2] course what they want is to falsify history; and that I will not do. Be so kind as let me know what your publisher has done.

I hope you received my volume of Clearance Pamphlets which I requested not Dr Mitchell4 to send to you. When you are done with them, be so good as return them to my address

No. 9. Douglas Crescent

Edinburgh

I shall [3] I shall be here till 1st October.

Sincerely yours | John S. Blackie5 [signature]

[4]5

1
In ARW’s handwriting, “R Blackey”.
3
Sellar, Thomas (1820-1885). merchant, working out of Liverpool and London, and eventually settling in New Orleans, USA.
4
Mitchell, Arthur (1826-1909). Writer on insanity and antiquary. Friend of Blackie.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2637.2527)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-04-16] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-16] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2637,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2637