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ALL/11/112
Title
Letter from D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. to Herbert Allingham
Date(s)
- 12 Apr 1907 (Creation)
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1 piece, Manuscript
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(1867-1936)
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Headed notepaper: The Dundee Courier, The Weekly News, The Weekly Welcome, The Red Letter, D C Thomson & Co. Ltd proprietors and publishers, Head office - Dundee, London office - 109 Fleet Street EC, Glasgow office - 136 West Nile Street. Signed.
'We are obliged to you for your kin offer of 'The Mad Marquis' but regret that this story is hardly suitable for our present purposes and are accordingly returning the copy to you with thanks. We shall be pleased to conside the 80,000 word serial you mention if you will kindly send it on to us at your convenience.'
'We are obliged to you for your kin offer of 'The Mad Marquis' but regret that this story is hardly suitable for our present purposes and are accordingly returning the copy to you with thanks. We shall be pleased to conside the 80,000 word serial you mention if you will kindly send it on to us at your convenience.'
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