Letter from W. E. Henley, London, to Anna Boyle, 1877 December 24 : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
432413
Accession number: 
MA 1617.566
Author: 
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Credit: 
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description: 
1 item (1 page) ; 14.3 x 11.2 cm
Notes: 

This letter is one of twenty-six letters from Henley to Anne Boyle written during their courtship in 1876 and 1877 (MA 1617.551 - MA 1617.576). Henley married Anne Boyle on January 22, 1878.
Place of writing inferred from contents of the letter.

Summary: 

Telling her about the books he is giving his mother for Christmas, a meeting he has and an article he will be writing; adding that if she would "...like to get me a nice tobacky bag (indian rubber this time) for a new year's gift I shall not oppose it."

Provenance: 
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.