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ALL/11/208
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Copy letter from William Harvey to Mr D L Cromb
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- 15-Aug-21 (Creation)
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1 piece, Typescript document
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(1867-1936)
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From John Leng & Co., Ltd, 7 Bank Street, Dundee to D L Cromb, c/o Messrs Cotterill & Cromb, Lennox House, Norfolk Street, Strand.
'I am favoured with your letter of the 11th. with reference to the story 'The Right to Live'. We are not prepared to pay £3:3:0 per 1,000 words, but if you care to meet us at Two and a Half Guineas per 1,000, we shall take the story.
We would start early in October, so that if you accept our offer, you would need to instruct the authors to proceed with it at once. The storey would need to be written in instalments of from 4,500 to 5,000 words each until near the end when they could be shortened.
We take it, of course, that there will be nothing suggestive in the story that will make it unsuitable for our domestic magazines. If there is any development of this kind, please indicate what it is so that we may consider the matter before concluding the bargain.’
'I am favoured with your letter of the 11th. with reference to the story 'The Right to Live'. We are not prepared to pay £3:3:0 per 1,000 words, but if you care to meet us at Two and a Half Guineas per 1,000, we shall take the story.
We would start early in October, so that if you accept our offer, you would need to instruct the authors to proceed with it at once. The storey would need to be written in instalments of from 4,500 to 5,000 words each until near the end when they could be shortened.
We take it, of course, that there will be nothing suggestive in the story that will make it unsuitable for our domestic magazines. If there is any development of this kind, please indicate what it is so that we may consider the matter before concluding the bargain.’
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