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Letter from Lewis Carroll, place not identified, to Henry Savile Clarke, 1888 July 20 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
249933
Accession number
MA 6382
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Place not identified, 1888 July 20.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 15.8 x 10.1 cm
Notes
Written in purple ink.
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 47.
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, "With reference to the next production of the 'Alice' Drama, I beg to make you a present, personally, of the share of the fees which you propose to allot to me."