[3 Oxford Terrace, Chippenham]
[30 October 1871]1
Gentlemen,
In last week’s English Mechanic your member Mr A. R. Wallace, is publicly challenged to repeat the Bedford Level experiment,2 for which he swindled me out of £1000. If you are not all conscious of his guilt, you will compel him to accept it. We shall see. J[ohn] H[ampden]
[2]3
Post Card
The address only to be written on this side.
1 Savill[e] Row W[.]
To The President & Co
Royal Geographical Soc[iety].
15, Whitehall Place
London
S.W.
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Postcard (WCP3591.3490)]
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