WCP5487

Letter (WCP5487.6219)

[1]

Frith Hill, Godalming

Jan[unar]y. 17th. 1884

Dear Sir

Our Ass[istan]t. Sec[retary]. Mr. Evans has sent me your letter & says he has written to you. He has probably given you the information you wish for. I have no special point of information to call your attention to, except perhaps to Rev[eren]d. Stopford Brooke’s1 sermon about a month ago (reported in the papers)2 in which he showed from personal observation how the London slums are recruited & their evils intensified, by countrymen driven away by Landlordism.

Wishing you a good audience and a successful meeting

I am | yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2]3

17.1.84

A. R. Wallace

1
Brooke, Stopford Augustus (1832 — 1916) churchman, royal chaplain and writer.
2
The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 10, 1883; p. 9, reported on Stopford Brooke’s sermon a day earlier in Bedford, in connection with the Municipal Reform League, on the subject of the outcast poor of London.
3
"17.1.84 | A. R. Wallace" is written in an unknown hand.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP5487.6219)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lucas, Paula [2014-08-14] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-08-14] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP5487,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5487