BIB_ID
298730
Accession number
MA 7648.7
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
[1942] Jan. 8.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 27.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of 10 autograph letters signed and 3 typed letters signed from Maugham to Thomas Johnson. The collection also includes one typed copy of a letter from K.G. Payne to Maugham. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 7648.1-14).
With postmark.
Written on stationery with "Parkers Ferry, R.F.D. I, Yemasee, South Carolina" printed at the top.
With postmark.
Written on stationery with "Parkers Ferry, R.F.D. I, Yemasee, South Carolina" printed at the top.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Reporting that he is "very much disappointed" in the table Johnson sent because "it is hideous & vulgar"; discussing the "living room arm-chairs" and noting that he has "had a very disturbing letter from Macy's which directly contradicts [Johnson's] statements"; telling him that Macy's says the chairs were purchased a month apart; asking Johnson to take up the matter with Macy's; mentioning lampshades from Lord & Taylor; instructing him "not to buy anything further on [Maugham's] account or to send down anything" until Maugham has seen it.
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