WCP2682

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70 Newman Street

London W.

November 1892

To D^r. Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace¹

Dear Sir

In your presidential address of June last at the National Liberal Club, you stated that the land system developed in D^r. Hertzka's² book "Freeland — A Social Anticipation"^3,4 was a thoroughly sound one, and had many advantages.

We venture to call your attention to the fact that D^r. Hertzka has started at Vienna an Association for the purpose of giving ^practical effect to his discoveries, and that he only wants the formation of a similar Association in England to commence operations. He believes that the English nation has special aptitudes for the work of colonization, and he thinks English should be the language of the proposed new community.

May we, the Provisional Committee of the⁵ [2] British Freeland Association, note the assistance of your name and influence, which would, of course, be especially valuable in this early stage of the movement.

We are, dear Sir | faithfully yours, | J Brailsford Bright, M.A. Oxon. Barrister-at-law [signature] | Ernest Udny M.A. of S^t. Andrews, (Secretary's Office of the Post Office) [signature] | C. Godfrey Gümpel Assoc. Inst[?] C.[?] Eng^rs[?] & I. [?] El Eng^rs[?][signature] | J. Bruce Wallace, M.A. (R.N.I.[?], Editor of Brotherhood. [signature] | Thomas Hewitt English Solicitor to the American (USA) Consulate General London [signature]^6,7,8,9,10.

To D^r. Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace