Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from H.G. Wells, England, to Arthur Frederick Popham, undated : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
456265
Accession number
MA 14715.19
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.5 x 21 cm
Notes
At head of sheet: Memorandum / To: AF Popham Esq / In account with / H.G. Wells General Dealer / Repairs executed. Books written & criticized. Moral examples carefully set. Carpets &c.
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 humorous letter in the form of an advertising circular proposing that Popham have a telephone line installed in his home.