Record

Document Reference	La B 46
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, 12 Colworth Road, Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey to Louie Burrows; 12 Feb. 1909
Date	12 February 1909
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes to her on the eve of her 21st birthday; refers to the Ibsen plays that he has sent her and describes some of the characteristics of these works; at her request lists the names of some 'great men' she might read about; mentions Mr Jones [John William Jones]; send his regards to 'J.' [Jessie Chambers], and promises to write to Jessie and also to Hilda [Hilda Shaw]; signed 'D.H.L.'
Term	publications, plays, Ibsen
Copyright	The Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli.
ReprodnNote	University of Nottingham.
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on two folded sheets of plain white paper, watermarked Hieratica; the dimensions are 178 x 118 mm; text following the sequence: ff 1r, 2r, 1v, 2v, 3r, 4r. There is a horizontal fold in the folios.
Related Material	La B 243/4/3; typed transcript of this letter made by Louie Burrows.
Related Record	La/B/14-183/45
Related Record	La/B/224-244/243
Publication Note	James T. Boulton, ed. 'Lawrence in Love' (Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 1968) pp 27-29 James T. Boulton, ed. 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979) vol I, pp 113-14

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74605	Jones; John William (1868-1956); -; Superintendent School Attendance Officer in Croydon	1868-1956
NA367	Chambers; Jessie (1887-1944); childhood friend of D.H. Lawrence; known as 'Muriel'; married John R. Wood 1915	1887-1944
NA74609	Shaw; Hilda (1886-c.1913); student at University College Nottingham 1906-1908	1886-c.1913
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