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Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Mena House Hotel, Cairo; "My dear Smith I still adhere to my statement"
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 

Mena House Hotel, Cairo; "My dear Smith I still adhere to my statement"

Dateapproximately 1895
Names
FormatManuscript
Notes
Letter written by Doyle to his Strand editor Greenhough Smith. Refers to opening sentence in "Rodney Stone" (in Strand, January 1896); Doyle arrived at Mena House Hotel in November 1895.

GeographyCity, town, townshipCairo
GeographyCountryEgypt
Medium
Correspondence
Language
CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131055095426-3D
Dewey823.91 D598 D598.6 V. 1 no.3
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