BIB_ID
456113
Accession number
MA 14715.2
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.5 x 13.6 cm
Notes
Written from: The Green Man / Fenchurch Street / Folkstone.
Place of writing is a fictitious address humorously purporting to be a public house in Folkstone.
Watermarked "1899."
Dated "Sunday."
Approximate year of writing suggested by watermark.
A facetious letter written "To Sir Oran Haut-ton" (i.e. Arthur Frederick Popham); possibly inspired by the character of the orangutan called Sir Oran Haut-ton in Thomas Love Peacock's novel Melincourt.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by H.G. Wells to the Popham family, his neighbors at Sandgate, including the writer Florence Radford Popham, her husband Arthur Frederick Popham, and their young daughter Doris Popham.
Place of writing is a fictitious address humorously purporting to be a public house in Folkstone.
Watermarked "1899."
Dated "Sunday."
Approximate year of writing suggested by watermark.
A facetious letter written "To Sir Oran Haut-ton" (i.e. Arthur Frederick Popham); possibly inspired by the character of the orangutan called Sir Oran Haut-ton in Thomas Love Peacock's novel Melincourt.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by H.G. Wells to the Popham family, his neighbors at Sandgate, including the writer Florence Radford Popham, her husband Arthur Frederick Popham, and their young daughter Doris Popham.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
A letter informing "Sir Oran Haut-ton", that he is returning "your umbrella which you left outside together with your hat when you went outside to fight the gentleman that said you was a blasted[?] autocrat", and explaining that he is not returning the hat as it has "had a foot put through it"; requesting payment for the mirror and glasses he broke, and adding that he will not be charged "for the cat which you through into the harbour after the fight", and that "the window you put the short gentleman's head through is another account"; signed: "A prompt settlement will oblige / Your very respectfull / James Nix."
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