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<strong>WP</strong>1/8/131 Miscellaneous <strong>Correspondence</strong> 1870-1913 A-Z<br />

Letter from G Bell Williamson, from Brighton, Sussex, 10 Jan<br />

1913 to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> welcoming news of <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong><br />

<strong>Wallace</strong>'s forthcoming book on wages and poverty but doubting<br />

that it will do anything to change the nature of capitalists; evils of<br />

Capitalism, global capitalist control of food, fuel, transport<br />

communication and the press; advocating armed revolution.<br />

Stamped envelope addressed to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> at<br />

Wimborne, postmarked on the front Brighton 9 Jan 1913 and on<br />

the back Wimborne 11 Jan 1913<br />

Name: Williamson, G Bell, fl 1913<br />

Place: Brighton East Sussex Broadstone Dorset England<br />

<strong>WP</strong>1/8/132 Miscellaneous <strong>Correspondence</strong> 1870-1913 A-Z<br />

Letter from G Bell Williamson, from Brighton, Sussex, 13 Jan<br />

1913 to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> thanking him for the reply to his<br />

letter of 10 Jan 1913; Bible text; workmen voters; the evils of<br />

Capitalism; entry of the poor into the Army and its degrading<br />

effects; advocating the possession of a rifle by everyone over the<br />

age of fourteen and armed revolution.<br />

Stamped envelope addressed to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> at<br />

Broadstone Wimborne, postmarked on the front Brighton 14 Jan<br />

1913. Annotated in <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong>'s? hand ''No Ans''.<br />

Name: Williamson, G Bell, fl 1913<br />

Place: Brighton East Sussex Broadstone Dorset England<br />

<strong>WP</strong>1/8/133 Miscellaneous <strong>Correspondence</strong> 1870-1913 A-Z<br />

Letter from F H Wiltshire to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong>, from<br />

Stamford Hill, 24 Sep 1911 re death of his friend Ellis? to whom<br />

<strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> had given a copy of his autobiography ''My<br />

Life'' two years earlier; the sale of the book enabled the widow to<br />

pay for medical treatment for herself; Wiltshire and his son now<br />

reading it with admiration for <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong>'s views on<br />

socialism, vaccination etc.<br />

Name: Wiltshire, F H, fl 1911<br />

Place: London<br />

<strong>WP</strong>1/8/134 Miscellaneous <strong>Correspondence</strong> 1870-1913 A-Z<br />

Letter from William Gush, Secretary,on behalf of the Yorkshire<br />

County Union of Spiritualists and Societies, from Huddersfield, 16<br />

Jan 1913 to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong> <strong>Wallace</strong> congratulating him on reaching<br />

his ninetieth birthday and on his achievements.<br />

Name: Yorkshire County Union of Spiritualists and Societies<br />

Gush, William, fl 1913<br />

Place: Broadstone Dorset Huddersfield Yorkshire England<br />

<strong>WP</strong>1/8/135 Miscellaneous <strong>Correspondence</strong> 1870-1913 A-Z<br />

Part letter (last page or pages missing) from Oscar Albert? Yunck,<br />

from West Hampstead, London, 23 Jan 1913 to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>Russel</strong><br />

<strong>Wallace</strong> re his ninetieth birthday, congratulating him on reaching<br />

his centenary decade and on his achievements; mentioning the late<br />

Thomas Sims and his assistant Florence Howell.<br />

180<br />

10 Jan 1913<br />

13 Jan 1913<br />

24 Sep 1911<br />

16 Jan 1913<br />

23 Jan 1913<br />

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