WCP3039

Letter (WCP3039.3007)

[1]1

17, Princes Gate,

S.W.

June 18 [1883]2

Private

Dear Sir

I cannot agree in your belief that vaccination "is of little or no benefit"[.] I know that, as in many other beliefs offerings, there is some danger without due precaution and as an investigation is now [2] going on it seems to me that Mr. Taylor's3 motion4 is to say the least very illtimed [sic] [.]

Y[ou]rs faithfully | George Cubitt [signature] 5

A F [sic] Wallace E[sq].

[3]6

1
Manuscript text in the top right hand corner of the letter reads "294".
2
The date 1883 is taken from the British Library catalogue entry for this letter and is consistent with the reference to P.A. Taylor's motion (see endnote 4).
3
Although the manuscript is unclear, the author appears to be referring to Taylor, Peter Alfred (1819 — 1891). Member of Parliament for Leicester.
4
P.A. Taylor attempted to move a motion in the House of Commons on 19 June 1883 against compulsory vaccination, but the motion was defeated. See Speeches of Mr P.A. Taylor and Mr C. H Hopwood on Vacinnation in the House of Commons, 19 June 1883 (London, 1883). Pamphlet in London Library, revised from reporters' notes.
5
The manuscript is stamped "British Museum" in red just underneath the signature.
6
The words "Geo Cubitt" in a hand other than the author are faintly readable towards the top centre of the third page.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3039.3007)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-02-23] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-02-23] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3039,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3039