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Freethought Review, Volume I, Issue 10, 1 July 1884, Page 8

THE LATE MADAME LOTTI WILMOTT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE FE BETHOUGHT REVIEW. Sir, — have to address you on a subject which is very painful to me, viz., the death of the Freethought lecturess, Madame Lotti Wilmott. I know she was not a member of our local organisation, but surely it seems heartless and cruel—contrary to the principles of what I conceive to be Freethought—when she, who had been a worker in our great cause, was ill, penniless, and dependent for bread on strangers, that no one connected with us offered to help her, especially after the appeal in the N. Z. Times.’ She has left a daughter, penniless, I believe. Could nothing be done to help her? At all events, let us subscribe to place a headstone over Madame’s grave. lam not very rich, but, if you will receive subscriptions, I promise 10s. Hoping, in the interests of charity, you will publish this letter,—l remain, &c., Ernest Levy, C. F. A. Christchurch, June 19, 1884. [There is reason to believe that the story circulated by the "Wesleyan Minister is not a true account of the circumstances, and it would be well that the Freethinkers of Wellington ascertained the facts ; whereupon, if a subscription should be found necessary to assist any person connected with the deceased, we shall place our columns at the disposal of any responsible person or committee for raising sufficient funds for the purpose.— Ed.