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WCP3038

Letter (WCP3038.3006)

[1]1

June 18 [1883]2

Private

Sir

I beg to thank you for your letter3 of the 16th relative to compulsory vaccination, and I can assure you I will give your opinion full weight, should the matter come to vote tomorrow[.]

Yours faithfully | W. St John Brodrick4 [signature]

A. F. [sic] Wallace Esq.

1
. In blue pencil in unknown handwriting, “1887”.
2
In pencil in unknown handwriting, “[1883]”. ARW lived in Nutwood Cottage from 5 May 1881 to 16 March 1889. (Lester, 2014).
3
The letter has not been found.
4
Brodrick, William St. John Fremantle (1856-1942). 1st Earl of Midleton. Conservative and Irish Unionist Alliance politician.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3038.3006)]

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

Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-11] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-11] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3038,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3038