BIB_ID
196226
Accession number
MA 14085
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1849? March 9.
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.9 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Dated "Friday 9th March."
Written on paper watermarked "1849".
Year of writing suggested by the watermark and the fact that March 9th fell on a Friday in 1849.
Written from "17 Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park."
Signed by Doyle with his famous "Dickey bird" emblem above the signature.
Written on paper watermarked "1849".
Year of writing suggested by the watermark and the fact that March 9th fell on a Friday in 1849.
Written from "17 Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park."
Signed by Doyle with his famous "Dickey bird" emblem above the signature.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Accepting an invitation extended to himself and to his brother and remarking that the invitation does not specify which of his two brothers is intended (" I am in doubt as to which of my brothers you are kind enough to ask to accompany me, as you have seen two, but I tell them they must 'toss up' or draw lots and decide the matter in that way.").
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