Autograph letter signed : Sandgate, to S.A. Hook, 1903 Aug. 12.

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Autograph letter signed : Sandgate, to S.A. Hook, 1903 Aug. 12.

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Expressing pleasure in receiving his letter; indicating that although he is not "very much of a palaeontologist ...," he would like "one good bone" for the mantelpiece in his study to remind him "not so much of the stone age ... as the unseen company of good [readers?] scattered about the world."

1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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