WCP6954

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Frith Hill, Godalming

June 7th, 1882

Dear Mr George

I write a line just to say the the "newspaper report" you spoke of is absolutely and entirely false. I have never that I am aware of said a word about Mr, Davett to any one, & from what I have read of his speeches & from the high opinion my friend Mr. Houston[?] has of him, all my prepossessions are in his favour. At the same time I do not wish, & will not consent, to identify myself or our Land movement, with that of persons who may have [2] widely divergent views from ours & with which I could not associate myself. My views on the general Irish question have been well expressed by Mr. Boyd Kinnear's letter to the Daily News[?], and your article

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