BIB_ID
431916
Accession number
MA 1617.458
Creator
Whibley, Charles, 1859-1930.
Display Date
Hyères, France, 1930 February 20.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.1 cm
Notes
Katherine Richmond was the housekeeper to the Henley's, Mrs. Henley's caregiver after the death of W. E. Henley and provided substantial help in sorting out issues related to the biography of W. E. Henley.
Letter written in an unknown hand and signed by Whibley.
Year of writing from published letter cited below.
Written from "La Maisonnette / Rue de Costebelle / Hyères / (Var) / France" on stationery engraved "Broomhill House, / Great Brickhill, / Bletchley."
Housed with five additional letters from Whibley (MA 1617.453, MA 1617.454, MA 1617.455, MA 1617.456 and MA 1617.457).
Letter written in an unknown hand and signed by Whibley.
Year of writing from published letter cited below.
Written from "La Maisonnette / Rue de Costebelle / Hyères / (Var) / France" on stationery engraved "Broomhill House, / Great Brickhill, / Bletchley."
Housed with five additional letters from Whibley (MA 1617.453, MA 1617.454, MA 1617.455, MA 1617.456 and MA 1617.457).
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "I received, with many thanks, your letter from Bath Street, Glasgow, and I agree entirely with what you say about the Henley letters and papers in your hands. I am unable at present to leave Hyères, but my first duty on returning to England will be to pay you a visit in Glasgow, and to settle once and for always the question of the biography of W. E. Henley. I am sure the matter can be easily settled."
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