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64831: Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / In War

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posted on 2024-05-02, 16:14 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Encloses poem 'In War', describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war. |

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Postmarked envelope included with letter.
Encloses poem 'In War', describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war.
Pencil draft of poem written on the back of Y. M. C. A. paper. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war.
Reverse of a pencil draft of poem written on Y. M. C. A. paper. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war.

History

Identifier

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Creator

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)

Date

22nd October 1917 | 22nd October 1917 Oct-17

Date Created

22/10/1917 | 01/10/1917

Temporal Date

31/10/1917

Spatial

France

Source

Folio | Letter Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Miscellaneous Letter Poem within letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Number of Pages

5

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The British Library / The Laurence Binyon Literary Estate / The Gordon Bottomley Literary Estate

Collection ID

Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E

Repository Name

The British Library

Repository Address

96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive