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WCP3011

Letter (WCP3011.2901)

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5 Cambridge Road

(The Junction)

Killburn NW

Feby 16th. 1870

Dear Sir,

Your fellow passenger in an omnibus the other day to Charing X has now the pleasure of presenting you with a copy of the "Alpha",1 as promised—

You may remember that I informed you that I desired to get a very fine portrait of the author2 placed in the "National Portrait Gallery",3 but am unacquainted with either member of its committee—

My main & higher wish is to see established a system of life based on the Spiritualism for which the Alpha so eloquently pleads, & by God's Grace it will be achieved ere long—

Yours ever truly | A. C. Swinton4 [signature]

To A: R: Wallace Esq

&c &c

1
Dennys, E. N. 1851. The Alpha, or the First Principle of the Human Mind: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature of Truth. London: Chapman and Hall.
2
Dennys, Edward Nicols (fl. 1850). British spiritualist.
3
The National Portrait Gallery rejected Swinton's donation of his portrait of Dennys several times. In September 1905 a bequest by Swinton of a portrait of Dennys was refused by C. Baxter of the National Portrait Gallery. See Letter from Mr A. Williams regarding a bequest by Mr A. C. Swinton of a Portrait of E. N. Dennys by C. Baxter, National Portrait Gallery, London NG7/299/12.
4
Swinton, A. C. (fl. 1860-1905). British spiritualist and land nationalisation advocate.

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Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-04-08] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-03-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3011,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3011