xt7qjq0stw34_3103 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474.dao.xml unknown archival material 1997ms474 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. W. Hugh Peal manuscript collection Alfred W. Pollard typescript letter from Ernest Dressel North text 43.94 Cubic Feet 86 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 22 items Poor-Good Peal accession no. 11453. Alfred W. Pollard typescript letter from Ernest Dressel North 2017 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474/Box_30/Folder_73/Multipage10782.pdf 1917 April 17 1917 1917 April 17 section false xt7qjq0stw34_3103 xt7qjq0stw34 April 17, 1917.
My dear Pollard:

I duly received your favor of
march 26th and hasten to reply to your
various questions.

First I enclose herewith draft
on London for £ 77.5.4 made cot to
Graves, which I trust you will forward
to him. The reason I did not send as
promised last month arose from the fact
that the mails have been so interfered
with that It seemddunfieen to me to wait.

You will note from my two let-

ters to MoKerrow that I have answered one
of your questions. namely. I see no ob»
jection to calling me Hon. Treasurer, and
Winship, Hon. Secretary. "A rose by any
other name would smell as sweet".

fiave you received my letter com~
menting on the SocietyIs Belling Oakle-
ton Brown's book to outsiders?

One objection to having Winship
act as Secretary arises from the fact
tnat he does not often come to flew York,
and therefore, we cannot keep in close
touch.with him.

I received a letter from Plomer
acknowledging my draft. I did not know
that literary men in England were so near
starvation as your letter indicates.

Bibliographically this has not
been a remarkable seeeon. Two important
sales, Huntington duplicates and the li-

 

 brary of J. Haraen Purdy brought forth
some fine books, both in Americana and
early English literature. The prices on
the whole have kept marvellouely high,
and having anticipated our entrance into
the w;r for so long, the effect has not
been very great. of the actual declara-
tiono

I am taking the liberty of send-
ing you under another cover.e printed
copy of the message delivered to Congress
on April 3rd by Jfreeident Wilson. and
wish to commend it as a good specimen
of English. You doubtless have already
read itl -

When war was declared on Geofi
Friday by this country, it seemed most
significant. So many events in our his“
tory have taken place in this month.
Sunday last was the fiftyesecond enni~
versayy of the death of Lincoln. The
battle of Lexington occurred on April
19th; Dewey's battle in fianile Bay escaped
the month by one day; Lee's surrender at
Appometox also took place in April.

I hope our entrance into the
war will hasten the inevitable and that
it will be the end of War as far as ci"
vilized nations are concerned.

. oycés

I am sorry to beer of Joyc‘s ill~
ness and trust that ere this reaches you
both she and firs. Pollard are in their
accustomed health.

I do not wish to come to England
until all is over, and I feel sure txet
Presideht Wilson's delay has givnn him the
tooling of an united rether than a divided
countri.

With kind regards to fire. Pol-
lard and Joyce, 1 am

Yours very truly.