WCP4569

Letter (WCP4569.4883)

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Holly House, Barking. E.

May 17th. 1871

Dear McLachlan

I return Hampden's letters.1, 2 I have actioned him for Libel, but he won't plead, and says he will make himself bankrupt & won't pay a penny. As the man is half mad I don't want to indict him criminally & imprison him, & so I suppose he will continue to write endless torrents of abuse as long as he lives.

Believe me| Yours very faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat Earth theory.
2
For an account of the dispute see Wallace, A. R. 1905 [1908] My Life. London: Chapman & Hall, pp. 362-374. See also WCP4570.4884, ARW to McLachlan 26 Oct 1871; WCP4571.4885, ARW to McLachlan 25 Nov 1871; and WCP4572.4886, ARW to McLachlan 28 Nov 1871.

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Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-24] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2020-03-19]

Please cite as “WCP4569,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4569