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Add. MS a/697/6/1
Title
Photocopies of letters, Dec. 1891-Dec. 1892, from George Herbert Housman to his family
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- 20th cent. (Creation)
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111 single sheets.
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(1926-2024)
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These copies came to Gerald Symons on the death of his uncle Noel V. H. Symons; the location of the originals is not known. Letters written to Herbert Housman's step-mother Lucy, and sister Kate. Numbered 7-31 (including both 14 and 14a, 16 missing); these numbers appear to be those written by Herbert Housman on his envelopes, see Add. MS a 697/6/3.
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Publication note
Housman, A. E., Housman, G. H., Bourne, Jeremy, & Housman Society. (2001). Soldier, I wish you well : the military poems of A.E. Housman and the letters from Burma of G. H. Housman. Bromsgrove: Housman Society.