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WCP3590

Postcard (WCP3590.3489)

[1]1

[26 October 1871]2

In spite of the bluster of the whole English press, J. H. Walsh,3 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 amt or kind of exposure that can possibly suggest itself, will ever cease till every Scty is ruined to which they respectfully belong.

[2]

1 Savile Row W

To The Secretary

R. Geographic Socy

15 Whitehall Place

S.E. London

1
Postcard was unsigned. The sender was Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat Earth theory.
2
Date is derived from the postcard’s postmark, “Chippenham D OC 26 71”.
3
Walsh, John Henry (1810-1888). British sports writer; editor of The Field 1857-88.

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] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3590,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3590