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Letter to H. P. Lovecraft

From
Robert E. Howard
To
H. P. Lovecraft
Date
October 3, 1935
From address
Cross Plains, Texas

Extract

Here are some clippings which might interest you. The one about “Uncle Gus” and the one about the generous plutocrat who gave the boy a dime for returning a $39,000 check were on the same page of the same paper, and I was struck by the contrast of human natures, and of the methods of the old-time frontier people with…

Date evidence

Editorial HeadingOctober 3, 1935Source Stated
Internal DatelineOctober 3, 1935Source Stated

Textual states & sources

A printed transcription, draft, sent letter and physical TSS page are distinct kinds of evidence.

A Means to Freedom, second softcover edition (2017) · Volume 2 · 123Surviving State · Edited Transcription
Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, second edition · Volume 3 · 325Sent Or Surviving State · Edited TranscriptionTSS 50556

Published in

The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936 ultimateREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗A Means to Freedom: 1933-1936Hippocampus PressAugust 2009↗