Autograph letter signed with initials : Old Park, Penn [near High Wycombe], to Tom Turner / 1941 Apr. 27.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Old Park, Penn [near High Wycombe], to Tom Turner / 1941 Apr. 27.

Discussing his age and noting that one friend "charged [him] with being 69"; thanking him for sending another book; mentioning Coventry Patmore, Forrest Reid, and L.A.G. Strong; asking if he knows of any obscure love poems.

1 item (3 p.) ; 11.6 x 17.8 cm. + envelope.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7626602

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