Item 26 - Letter from A. E. Housman to G. C. A. Jackson

1 folded sheet, 1 envelope

(With an envelope.)

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Transcript

Trinity College | Cambridge
30 Sept. 1932

My dear Gerald,

I am glad to have your paper, though what it chiefly teaches me is the wealth of the English language, and my ignorance of it.

Unless the effects of Ottawa are even worse than the Liberals hope that they will be, I ought to be able to finance you. You should let me have a rough—quite rough—estimate of what you are likely to require per annum, and how soon.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] Gerald Jackson Esq. | Royal School of Mines | South Kensington | S. W. 7 [Redirected to:] 2nd BATTALION GRENADIER GUARDS | WELLINGTON BARRACKS | S.W.1.

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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 10.15 p.m. on 30 September and at Kensington, S.W.1, at 1.15 a.m.(?) on 1 October. It has been marked in pencil ‘30.9.32’ and, on the back, ‘Ether’.