BIB_ID
249905
Accession number
MA 6363
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Oxford, 1883 July 30.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.9 x 10 cm
Notes
Carroll gives the place of writing as "Ch. Ch. Oxford," using his characteristic abbreviation for Christ Church.
Written in purple ink.
Docketed.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
Removed from the "Carrolliana" album (MA 6347) assembled by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., folio 24.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Written in purple ink.
Docketed.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
Removed from the "Carrolliana" album (MA 6347) assembled by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., folio 24.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987
Summary
Saying that he is trying to keep separate accounts for his shares in four steamers, but "they are rather complicated, & I have not succeeded in getting them clearly made out"; asking for assistance: "Would you kindly have 4 complete accts. made out for me (charging me, of course, for all time & trouble expended on it) from the commencement of each steamer, & giving the dates of launching & of completion?"; asking for lists of shareholders; saying that he has had inquiries from "perfect strangers" who wish to buy or sell shares in the steamers; adding that he has not responded to any of them, but that the inquiries raise the following questions: "is such transference of shares, without the manager even knowing of the transaction, possible & legitimate? If so, it seems to me that you might at any time find that you were managing the steamer for a new set of shareholders, of whom you knew nothing, & some of whom might be 'men of straw,' who could not be found if any 'call' had to be made."
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