BIB_ID
413183
Accession number
MA 6397.11
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Oxford, 1894 April 4.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 13.5 x 8.8 cm
Notes
Written from '"Ch. Ch.", Carroll's abbreviation for Christ Church.
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 512.
Carroll's cousin is Elizabeth Menella, "Minna", Quin whose stage name was Norah O'Neill.
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 512.
Carroll's cousin is Elizabeth Menella, "Minna", Quin whose stage name was Norah O'Neill.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Asking her to help his cousin "...in any way. Even if it is impossible to find any thing for her to do at the Lyceum, you might be able to make some helpful suggestion;" adding, in a postscript, that he is enclosing "...specimens of Parkins and Gotto's 'Magic Pens.' I am so charmed with them, that I told Messrs. P and G, if they liked to send me some samples, I would distribute them among my friends. They say each pen is finished by hand."
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