BIB_ID
298737
Accession number
MA 7648.11
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
[1942] Apr. 7.
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 and stamp.
Written on stationery with "Parkers Ferry, R.F.D. I, Yemasee, South Carolina" printed at the top.
With postmark and stamp.
Written on stationery with "Parkers Ferry, R.F.D. I, Yemasee, South Carolina" printed at the top.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Sending him a card and a letter he received from Macy's; stating, "It looks to me as though you have again made a mess of things"; reminding him that his "instructions ... were not to buy anything till [Maugham] had seen it"; instructing him to cancel anything else he has ordered; telling him that he will be in New York on Saturday afternoon.
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