WCP4571

Letter (WCP4571.4885)

[1]

Holly House, Barking. E.

Novr. 25th. 1871

D[ea]r. McLachlan

I send you 100 copies of enclosed "Reply"1 to Hampden.2 Please let them lay [sic] on the Library table3 or mantelpiece marked "For distribution" so that any members who have received abusive letters from Hampden may take one.

Yours very truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Probably Wallace, A. R. Nov. 1871. Reply to Mr. Hampden's Charges against Mr. Wallace. Privately printed. London: J. J. Tiver. 8 pages. For a transcript see The Alfred Russel Wallace Page. <http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/S202.htm> [accessed 3 Jan 2020].
2
Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat Earth theory.
3
Possibly of the Entomological Society, of which McLachlan was Secretary,, and ARW President, in 1871.

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

Please cite as “WCP4571,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 13 November 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4571