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Letter from Gertrude Atherton, London, to James MacArthur, 1904? March 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
433009
Accession number
MA 9847.5
Creator
Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948.
Display Date
London, England, 1904? March 10.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Twentieth-Century Literature Fund, 2018.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.1 x 12.5 cm
Notes
Atherton lists the day and month of writing. Possible year of writing based on internal evidence.
On stationery with the letterhead: "64, St. James' Court, / Buckingham Gate."
James MacArthur, former joint editor of the Bookman (1894-1900), joined Harper and Brothers as a reader and literary advisor in 1901.
Provenance
Purchased from James Cummins Bookseller, October 2018.
Summary
Promising to send a photograph of herself tomorrow, saying that it has already been paid for, and suggesting that they credit the photographer; discussing a deposit of five thousand dollars; referring to advertising and promotion; mentioning the popularity of her books in England.