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Butler/Section 2 (II)/1/1/6.2
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GB 275 Butler/Section 2 (II)/1/1/6.2
Title
Letter from Samuel Butler to [Dr D. MacAlister, editor of The Eagle], dated 15 March 1889
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- 15 Mar. 1889 (Creation)
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1 sheet paper
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ALS, addressed from 15 Clifford's Inn E.C. Accepts his invitation to dine in Hall (at St John's College, Cambridge) that weekend. 'I bring my camera with me & propose to photograph Magdalene Library & a few other things while light lasts'. Refers also to his previous letter, to Wilson, to J.E.B. Mayor and to his grandfather's manuscript of 'The Butterfly'.