A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection #5257-au

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection, Accession 5257-au, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on April 21, 1994.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This addition to the Hench-Blackmore Collection consists of an autograph letter signed from Richard Doddridge Blackmore , July 11, 1879, Teddington, to Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Company , thanking them for the royalty cheque covering three of his books, Clara Vaughan , Craddock Nowell , and Lorna Doone , and enclosing a receipt for the royalty payment, with Blackmore's signature across the one penny inland revenue stamp, on the inside page of the letter. He also asks them if there was not due 150 pounds on July first for Mary Anerley , 100 pounds having been paid in advance.