Record

Document Reference	La B 39
Title	Postcard from D.H. Lawrence, Dorking, Surrey to Louie Burrows, Coteshael, Quorn, Leicestershire; [7 Nov. 1908]
Date	7 November 1908
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Describes the countryside of Surrey 'sweeter than Quorn and Woodhouse'; has travelled to Dorking via Epsom, and is continuing to Reigate; refers to her letter, including reference to a 'Mr Smith'. Signed as D.H.L. The verso of the card is a black and white photograph of Mickleham Church. Although the card is undated, it was postmarked in Dorking at 4 pm, 7 Nov 1908. Addressed to Miss Louie Burrows at Coteshael, Quorn, Leicestershire; bears a green half-penny stamp.
Copyright	The Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli.
ReprodnNote	University of Nottingham.
Physical Description	Written in dark ink, the main text running in a perpendicular direction to that of the address. The final few lines have been squeezed (upside down) into the top left hand corner of the card. The dimensions are 89 x 137 mm.
Related Material	La B 243/2/14; typed transcript of this letter made by Louie Burrows.
Related Record	La/B/224-244/243
Publication Note	James T. Boulton, ed. 'Lawrence in Love' (Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 1968) pp 21-22 James T. Boulton, ed. 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979) vol I, p 90

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA366	Burrows; Louisa (1888-1962); known as 'Louie'; married Frederick Heath 1941	1888-1962

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