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Letter from Cotterill & Cromb to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/230 · Item · 21-Dec-31
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: Cotterill & Cromb, Literary Agents, Lennox House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC2. Signed.
'We have received the following letter from John Leng & Co. Ltd.:-
'We have an idea that we might in the near future be able to use again 'THE GIRL HE THOUGHT HE MARRIED' by H.J. ALLINGHAM. You may remember that we bought this from you in 1923 and in 1928 we acquired the sixpenny and under book rights. I shall be glad to know whether the story has appeared anywhere else than with ourselves, as this would naturally weigh with us in considering another use.'
The original title of this story was 'TRICKED INTO MARRIAGE'. It appeared serially in 'The Mascot' in 1924, and Leng's bought the Under-Sixpenny book rights in December 1927 for 'White heather Novels'. According to our records, therefore, the story has appeared only in the Leng publications, and, on hearing that it is agreeable to you, we will write Leng's to that effect.'
Copy letter from Herbert Allingham to Cotterill & Cromb
ALL/11/231 · Item · 22-Dec-31
Part of Herbert Allingham
From: Shelley, Hadleigh, Suffolk.
'I have yours of the 21st. The story you mention 'The Girl He Thought He Married' (Tricked into Marriage) is I think the one published as a 4d. book under the title 'His Dream Girl'. If so it has not been published elsewhere. Get as much as you can for it (one serial use); There is a run on me just now. My Indian summer I suppose!’
Letter from William Harvey to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/232 · Item · 22-Dec-31
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: John Leng & Co. Ltd., Courier and Advertiser, My Weekly, People's Journal, People's Friend, 7 Bank Street, Dundee. Signed.
'I wired to you today that the revised instalment four was approved, and that I would take No.5 at your earliest. According to your programme, No.5 should have been delivered today. As we have lost a week owing to this alteration, I hope you will be able to speed up so that we shall get No.5 very soon adn No.6 on Jnauary 5 as arranged.'
Letter from [F.C. Cordwell] to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/233 · Item · 25-Feb-32
Part of Herbert Allingham

Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed. Addressed to Shelley Darry House, Shelley, Hadleigh, Suffolk.
'I will buy the one right of your story, 'Convict 66' at one pound a thousand.'

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Letter from Cotterill & Cromb to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/234 · Item · 25-May-32
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: Cotterill & Cromb, Literary Agents, Lennox House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC2. Signed. Addressed to Viaduct Farm House, Chappel, Wakes Colne.
'Mr Harvey offers Fifty Guineas for the third serial use of 'KEPT FROM HER CHILD' - this is his limit.
The original title of 'KEPT FROM HER CHILD' was 'A MOTHER'S LOVE' and the story was written for and was published in 'The Mascot' in 1925. The 'Home Mirror' used the story under the title of 'EMPTY ARMS'.'
Letter from Anne Cooper to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/236 · Item · 27-May-32
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'Thank you for writing so promptly about Convict 98. I do not think your suggestion about someone else re-writing it would do because it is your writing that I want in the story.
If you could let me have the first instalment re-written, by August 15th, this would do. Would that be of any help to you?
I am so very anxious for you to do it yourself and there would not be so very much re-writing in it – not nearly so much as the one you are doing just now for FAMILY JOURNAL because there, you are reducing over seventy instalments to twenty-five, and there would be nothing like this in the Convict 98 one, which could run to the length at which it at present stands.
If you feel, however, you could not manage it, you will of course say so and, while I shall be exceedingly sorry, I shall understand.'
Copy letter from William Harvey to Cotterill & Cromb
ALL/11/237a · Item · 18-Dec-31
Part of Herbert Allingham
From John Leng & Co. Ltd., 7 Bank Street, Dundee.
'We have an idea that we might in the near future be able to use again 'The Girl He Thought He Married' by Mr H. J. Allingham. You may remember that we bought this from you in 1923 and in 1928 we acquired the sixpenny and under book rights. I shall be glad to know whether the story has appeared anywhere else than with ourselves, as this would naturally weigh with us in considering another use.'
Copy letter from Cotterill & Cromb to William Harvey
ALL/11/237b · Item · 24-Dec-31
Part of Herbert Allingham
From Lennox House, Norfolk Street, Strand WC2.
'In reply to your letter of Dec 18, Mr Allingham suggests that the terms for one serial use of 'THE GIRL HE THOUGHT HE MARRIED' be the same as for 'WRONGED' - viz. 12/6d per 1,000 words. The story has not appeared anywhere else than with yourselves.'
Copy letter from William Harvey to Cotterill & Cromb
ALL/11/237c · Item · 31-May-32
Part of Herbert Allingham
From John Leng & Co. Ltd., 7 Bank Street, Dundee.
'Some little time ago we had correspondence with you as to one serial use of 'The Girl He Thought He Married' by Mr Allingham, and you quoted 12/6d per 1,000 words. We delayed doing anything in the matter until we got our programme adjusted. We have now found a place for the story and I am writing to say that we accept your offer.'
Letter from Cotterill & Cromb to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/238 · Item · 01-Jun-32
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: Cotterill & Cromb, Literary Agents, Lennox House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC2. Signed.
'In December last, we were in correspondence with Mr Harvey regarding a further serial use of 'Tricked into Marriage' ('The Girl He Thought He Married') and as instructed in your letter of Dec 22, we quoted Mr Harvey 12/6d per 1,000 words. Mr Harvey writes us under yesterday's date that he accepts your terms for this story. You will rememver that the cheap book rights in this particular story were sold to Mr Harvey for publication as a 'White Heather' Novel.'