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WCP3169

Postcard (WCP3169.3137)

[1]

POSTCARD

If not delivered to be returned to

EVACUSTES A. PHIPSON

Selly Oak, Birmingham

Dr A. Russel Wallace,

Parkstone,

Dorset.

[2] SIMPLIFIED SPELLING1

Dear Friend,

Mr Crosoer2 informs me that you asked him why i rote the first personal pronoun with a small letter. The English ar the only pepl hoo spel it with a capital and this fact is significant as indicating the national caracter in which no 1 is alwais the first consideration.

Yours very ffly | E A Phipson3 [signature]

1
Intentional mis-spellings are left uncorrected.
2
Crosoer has not been identified.
3
Phipson, Evacustes (formerly Edward) Arthur (1854-1931). British artist, socialist, land reformer and orthographical reformer.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP3169.3137)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-06-16] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-06-16] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3169,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3169