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WCP2638

Letter (WCP2638.2528)

[1]

Dundee

Sept. 26th 1882

Dear Sir,

I have been reading a work by Henry George1 on Poverty and Progress2 and have also shewn it to a number of my fellow workmen with the result that it has awakened a desire for more information as to our "Land Laws"[.] I have been requested to write to you and ask if you would kindly forward a specimen of your Literature in the shape Lectures or tracts as we [2] know not where to get a little more information on the Subject of Land reform on the same lines as that propounded by Henry George[.] Trusting you will excuse the liberty I have taken my only excuse is my enthusiasm for Radicalism[.]

I am your [illeg.] servant, | James Hogg3[signature]

12 Yeomen Shore

Dundee

Scotland

1
George, Henry (1839-1897). American writer, politician and political economist.
2
George, H. 1879. Progress and Poverty An inquiry into the cause of industrial depressions and of increase of want with increase of wealth: the remedy. San Francisco: W. M. Hinton and Company.
3
Possible Hogg, James (1806-1888). Scottish printer and publisher.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2638.2528)]

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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 “WCP2638,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2638