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WCP4570

Letter (WCP4570.4884)

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Holly House, Barking, E.

Octr. 26th. 1871

Dear Mc.Lachlan1

I am in consultation with my lawyer as to the best steps to be taken with Hampden.2 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. 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.

1
McLachlan, Robert (1837-1904). British entomologist.
2
Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat Earth theory.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP4570.4884)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-24] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2020-03-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4570,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4570