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Document ReferenceLa B 112
TitleLetter from D.H. Lawrence, 12 Colworth Road, Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey to Louie Burrows; 14 May 1911
Date14.5.1911
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionAddresses her as 'My dear Lou'; encloses her scarf that she had forgotten to take home; feels as though their day together 'yesterday' had 'belonged to another existence' though he did feel 'queer' which explained his mood; has taken her advice and stayed in bed all day; intends their future to be a happy one and tells her not to be anxious; signed 'D.H. Lawrence'; adds a postscript 'Sympathetic to Miss Cox' [Sarah Elizabeth Cox].
ReprodnNoteUniversity of Nottingham.
Physical DescriptionWritten in dark ink on both sides of a single folio of lined white note paper (possibly taken from a note book); the dimensions are 210 x 177 mm; one horizontal and one vertical fold in the paper.
Publication NoteJames T. Boulton, ed. 'Lawrence in Love' (Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 1968) p 106
James T. Boulton, ed. 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979) vol I, pp 268-69

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA74636Cox; Sarah Elizabeth (1859-1946); -; landlady of Louie Burrows Wesley Cottage Gaddesby1859-1946
NA42Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer1885-1930
NA366Burrows; Louisa (1888-1962); known as 'Louie'; married Frederick Heath 19411888-1962
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