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Letter to August Derleth

From
H. P. Lovecraft
To
August Derleth
Date
May 16, 1931

Extract

I feel flattered by your adoption of some of this background. Robert E. Howard is doing it, too.

H. P. Lovecraft to August Derleth — May 16, 1931; Essential Solitude (Hippocampus Press).

Date evidence

Source ReportedMay 16, 1931Source Reported

Textual states & sources

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Essential Solitude: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth · Volume Hippocampus Press — supplied volume 1 · 199Surviving State · Edited Transcription

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Essential Solitude: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, Volume 1: 1926–1931Hippocampus PressMay 15, 2013↗