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WCP2707

Postcard (WCP2707.2597)

[1]

H. R. Gogay G1

77a Grove Lane

Denmark Hill

S.E

[2]

H. of Commons

April 10 97

Dear Sir

On consideration I have decided not to take up the Oakum picking matter.2 I do not believe that it is of such a nature as to affect infuriating the church who to be [illeg.]

[2 words illeg.] | WEH Lecky3 [signature]

1
Gawen-Gogay, H. R. (-). Director of the National Ratepayers’ Reform and Supervisory League of England and Wales.
2
Gawen-Gogay, H. R. 1897. Oakum picking for pregnant women. Justice: The Organ of the Social Democracy, no. 692, vol. 14 (17 April 1897), p. 3.
3
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (1838-1903). Irish historian, essayist, and political theorist with Whig proclivities.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP2707.2597)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Paterson, Gavin [2019-12-17] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2707,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2707