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WCP3589

Postcard (WCP3589.3488)

[1]

[23 October 1871]1

As you2 persist in retaining on your list of members a convicted thief and swindler, one A. R. Wallace, of Barking, I am obliged to infer that yr Society is chiefly made up of these unprincipled blackguards, who pay you a stipulated commission on their proceeds, & secure the confidence of their dupes by their connexion with professedly respectable associations.

John Hampden3 [signature]

1
In unknown handwriting, “HAMPDEN, John 1871. Octr 23?”.
2
Markham, Clements Robert (1830-1916). British geographer, explorer, and writer. Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society 1863-88.
3
Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat Earth theory.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Postcard (WCP3589.3488)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-04-22] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-03-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3589,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3589