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Manuscript notes in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Arthur Conan Doyle notes on children.
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Manuscript notes in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 

Arthur Conan Doyle notes on children.

DateUnknown
Names
FormatManuscript
Notes
Notes begin: "Children. Will you do what your father did?... "Holograph; black ink. Written on verso of Queen's Hotel, Eastbourne, notepaper with picture of the hotel on manuscript verso.
GeographyCountryUnited KingdomEngland
Medium
Language
ProvenancePurchased in 2005 from; Adam Andrusier.
CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131055101463D
Dewey823.91 D598 D598.6 V. 4 NO. 11
Manuscript notes in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Arthur Conan Doyle notes on children.
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Manuscript notes in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Arthur Conan Doyle note on aging on "Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex" letterhead.
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Manuscript letter in Arthur Quiller-Couch's handwriting. 
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December 9, 1900
Manuscript letters in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting and Lord Alfred Douglas' handwriting. 
Correspondence between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lord Alfred Douglas.
December 17, 1919
Telegram in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Telegram, Harrogate to Denis Conan Doyle, Crowborough, Windlesham; "Love to my dear boy"
March 17, 1915
Letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting on an envelope. 
Grosvenor Hotel, London to Denis Conan Doyle, Crowborough; "Dear old boy; I can't find paper so I write on an envelope"
approximately 1922
"A. R. Spofford, Esq.,; Librarian of Congress,; Washington, D.C.; Dear Sir-; In reply to my letter of the 13th, instant, asking if A. Conan Doyle's story "The Firm of Girdlestone" is copyrighted..."
"A. R. Spofford, Esq.,; Librarian of Congress,; Washington, D.C.; Dear Sir-; In reply to my letter of the 13th, instant, asking if A. Conan Doyle's story "The Firm of Girdlestone" is copyrighted..."
October 19, 1896
Manuscript letter and postage envelope in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex; "Dear Sir; Very many thanks for your kind note."
February 7, 1917
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex; "Dear Sir; Very many thanks for your note. I am an Imperialist because I believe the whole to be greater than the part..."
April 2, 1912
Manuscript letter in Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch's handwriting. 
The Haven; Fowey; Cronwall; "Dear Mrs. Clarks. I have sent Miss Graham a note of introduction to an edition, and am trying to find out from my sisters..."
May 18, 1902
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw; Hindhead; Haslemere; "My dear Grant Richards. Many thanks for cheque & pleasant note... for your loyalty to the book and for your endeavours to push it..."
approximately 1899
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith 'Detective Stories' would not fairly characterize them"
approximately 1898