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- Collection: LETTER REPOSITORY
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Lord TweedmouthDate is a rough guess. Thanks Lord Tweedmouth for nominating second son to Osborne cadetship; requests help for eldest son Philip (nearly 15, 5ft…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Maitland AndersonSupposes should apply to Library Committee first but hopes Anderson might give look at Douglas' Peerage and Robertson's Inventories of Queen Mary; has…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondDeclines American lecture tour invitation; feels not ready as orator; must establish writing career more firmly first; prefers writing work currently;…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondDelighted with Pond's letter; pleased he enjoyed St Andrews visit; charming old city; happy time together; hopes to see him at their home soon; Ruth…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondGreeting to Pond and wife; back in Penicuik for weeks; going strong and very fit; jokes about taking on anyone except Conan Doyle and Fitzsimmons;…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondHeartily reciprocates Christmas greetings; at home in little house in woods with rainy weather; asks remembrance to friend Hope whose kindness bears…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondDelighted Red Axe went well in Harpers; thinks it best book yet written though Scots dialect lovers may disagree; obliged for kind magnanimous offer…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondExceedingly closely fixed this year; cannot spare time for America fall visit; hopes to visit under Pond's protection in good time coming; sends kind…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondFeels Pond's kindness very much in making splendid offer; still has pressure of work and much lying ahead; must not think of American tour this year;…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Major PondCurious about letter; was in Spain at time and agent or his clerk must have opened letter by mistake and returned it - idiots are common over here,…