Item 36 - Letter from A. E. Housman to G. C. A. Jackson

(With an envelope.)

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Transcript

Trinity College | Cambridge
13 Sept. 1933

My dear Gerald,

Thanks for sending me news of you, and I am glad you had such a pleasant holiday.

I have just returned from France, a good deal worse than I set out. I was attacked by a violent inflammation of the throat, which I believe is a form of influenza, and which leaves its victims very weak and exhausted; and the continuous hot weather was bad for me. I have many letters to answer so I do not write more.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] G. C. A. Jackson Esq. | Medical School | St Thomas’s Hospital | S. E. 1

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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 5 p.m. on 13 September.