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WCP3437

Transcription (WCP3437.2924)

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FROM WILLIAM CROOKES,

20, MORNINGTON ROAD,

LONDON, N.W.

Nov 8 1875

To R Cooper Esq

c/o C Maynard Esq

223 Washington Street

Boston.

Mass. U.S.A.

Dear Sir

In reply to your favour of Oct. 25 which I have received this morning, I beg to state that no one has any authority from me to state that I have any doubts of Mrs Fay's1 mediumship. The published accounts of the test séances which took place at my house are the best evidence which I can give of my belief in Mrs Fay's powers. I should be sorry to find that any such rumours as you mention should injure Mrs. Fay, whom I always found most ready to submit to any conditions I thought fit to propose[.]

Believe me | very truly yours W.C.2 [signature]

(signed)

1
Fay, Anna Eve (1851-1927). American medium.
2
Crookes, William (1832-1919). British chemist, physicist, science journalist, and spiritualist. Secretary of the Royal Institution.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Paterson, Gavin [2020-03-23] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3437,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3437