Stuk 52 - Letter from A. E. Housman to G. C. A. Jackson

1 sheet, 1 envelope

(With an envelope.)

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Transcript

The Evelyn Nursing Home, Trumpington Road, Cambridge
25 June 1935

My dear Gerald,

I have been in here more than a week and my correspondence is in arrears, but I will try to write soon. The trouble is Cheyne-Stokes breathing, which you know all about, and I am getting quiet nights by drugs. The doctor is very complimentary to my pulse, and I expect to go away on Friday.

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. Silver Jubilee stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 10.15 p.m. on 25 June. The letter is written in pencil, but the direction on the envelope is in ink.