Holly House, Barking, E.
Octr. 26th. 1871
Dear Mc.Lachlan
I am in consultation with my lawyer as to the best steps to be taken with Hampden.1 In the mean time may I suggest to you the most effectual step on your part & the one which I shall consider most friendly to myself, & which, if generally adopted by my friends, would be the most effectual check on Hampden's ravings.2 It is to return him the next two or three communications received [2] unopened, with a short note stating that as you are now sufficiently acquainted with the tenor of his letters all future ones will be burnt unread.
Believe me| Yours very truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
R. Mc.Lachlan Esq.
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP4570.4884)]
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