WCP3590

Postcard (WCP3590.3489)

[1]1

[26 October 1871]2

In spite of the bluster of the whole English press, J[ohn]. H[enry]. Walsh3, of the Field and A R Wallace F. R. G. S. are still being posted as a couple of rogues and swindlers, and will continue to be so if their insolent supporters were as thick as tiles on the houses. Pray inform them that no am[oun]t or kind of exposure that can possibly suggest itself, will ever cease till every S[o]c[ie]ty is ruined to which they respectfully belong.

[2]4 Post card

The address only to be written on this side.

1 Savile Row W

To The Secretary

R[oyal]. Geographic Soc[iet]y

15 Whitehall Place

S.E. London

1
The verso of the postcard is stamped 'London CB Oc[tober] 27 [18]71'.
2
The date is established by the postmark 'Chippenham D Oct[ober] 26 [1871]' that appears on the recto of the postcard.
3
Walsh, John Henry (1810-1888). Writer on sport; editor of 'The Field' from 1857.
4
A vertical pencil annotation 'Hampden, John. 1871 Oct. 26' is written down the left-hand margin of the recto of the postcard.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Postcard (WCP3590.3489)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-04-30] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-03-19]

Please cite as “WCP3590,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3590