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Collection of letters related to John Gould Fletcher, Ramsgate and place not identified, to various recipients, 1896 May 20-1917 March 24 : authograph manuscripts signed.

BIB_ID
384641
Accession number
MA 8674.1-8
Display Date
Ramsgate, England ; Place not identified, 1896 May 20-1917 March 24.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
8 items (21 pages) : color illustrations ; size varies
Notes
Two letters include watercolor drawings (MA 8674.6-7).
Fletcher first met Florence Emily "Daisy" Arbuthnot and her two children, Gwen and Terence, in the summer of 1912; Fletcher and Daisy Arbuthnot were married in 1916.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
A collection of letters related to American poet John Gould Fletcher. The collection includes two autograph letters signed from R.W. Goold to his granddaughter Daisy [Florence Emily Goold Arbuthnot] (MA 8674.1-2); an autograph letter (possibly from Daisy Arbuthnot?) to an unidentified child (MA 8674.3); four autograph letters signed from John Gould Fletcher to Terence and Gwen Arbuthnot (MA 8674.4-7); and an autograph poem signed by John Gould Fletcher (MA 8674.8). Items in the collection have been described in individual records; see MA 8674.1-8 for details.