BIB_ID
413111
Accession number
MA 6397.2
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Guildford, 1880 January 1.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 15.3 X 10.0 cm
Notes
Written in purple ink.
Written from "The Chestnuts, / Guildford."
Addressed as "Dear Mrs. Wardell." Ellen Terry married Charles Wardell in 1877.
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.
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.
Previously accessioned as AAH 475.
Written from "The Chestnuts, / Guildford."
Addressed as "Dear Mrs. Wardell." Ellen Terry married Charles Wardell in 1877.
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.
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.
Previously accessioned as AAH 475.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Thanking her for her "...very interesting letter", suggesting a recital by The Weblings she may like to attend with her children and telling her he will be going "..with 2 sisters."
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