BIB_ID
456274
Accession number
MA 14715.21
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on embossed letterhead stationery from: Spade House, Sandgate.
Letter appears to be in the hand of H.G. Wells, although it is signed "Catherine Wells (washerwoman)".
A humorous letter evidently written for the amusement of Doris Popham, and addressed "To Sir Orang Hauton / c/o Miss Doris Popham." Wells presented Doris Popham with a doll or stuffed animal of that name as a Christmas gift in 1899 (see MA 14715.1), and it is probable that this comic letter was written sometime shortly afterwards.
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.
Letter appears to be in the hand of H.G. Wells, although it is signed "Catherine Wells (washerwoman)".
A humorous letter evidently written for the amusement of Doris Popham, and addressed "To Sir Orang Hauton / c/o Miss Doris Popham." Wells presented Doris Popham with a doll or stuffed animal of that name as a Christmas gift in 1899 (see MA 14715.1), and it is probable that this comic letter was written sometime shortly afterwards.
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
Returning his rabbit to "Sit Orang Hauton" and complaining that it has been "running about wild in my garden for days eating everything it could lay its hands on & chasing Mr. Drew round my garden double quick" and has eaten a watering pot and "a great piece off the tire of my bicycle."
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