Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991

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"I will send you the material fairly soon, I am sorry you had the extra task of going to the Library to inspect the typescripts - I would have sent them at call, of course. I habe not yet got to specific comment on the individual pieces. I have my first general-writing part of the introduction written, in which I generalize on the nature of things as involving what the curiosity of my coming into posession of these mss. involves."

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"I did not get the second package of ms. material sent to you until yesterday. This was, the two carbon copies of portions, the central portion, of the book of language, first typed version of it. This was followed by a second typed version of it. Then came, has come, a final script, some of the second typed draft retained, but the larger part revised and the pages retyped of everything varying from the second typed draft."

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"I am today sending you the packet of ms. material to which I have referenced in a previous letter. The material is made up alotgehter of miscellaneous items. They are all of intimate writing-workshop (so to speak) character; they ought to be of first-order value where there is studious interest in my work. I have roughly noted the identity of each on each."

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"I have decided to make some further response to your letter, despite my being pressed by numbers of calls, in dealing with matters requiring immediate consideration and action. To nearly 'exhaustion' threatening proportions. What has affected me particularly in your proposal is your and your partner's evident feeling that I would likely readily respond to your thinking as to the publication of this portion of an uncompleted book as a separate and a 'trade' item."

Scope and Contents "As to material that I have sent to you for your consideration as to possibilities of purchase, acquisition, interest: it would be helpful to me to know something of your feeling and judgement as to the material - the early language-book script, and the successor to that, which I have described to you, but not sent..."..."In looking through the 'The Word Woman' pages, for renewed thinking on the problem of management of the ms. material that we had together viewed as...

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"My call was intended to simplify our arrangements, but, alas, for a little while there was difficulty - which you ought to have been spared with that cold upon you. I understand now that the seat of it was in your thinking that the manuscript material that is with you was language-book manuscript-material: it is miscellaneous manuscripts, some of it being drafts of Chelsea #35."

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"I sent off to you yesterday two packages of ms. material. There is indication on the inner box wrappings as to the contents of each. The two together constitute the entirety of the second typescript version of Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of Words, minus pages and little runs of pages that I found no need for revising or that called for so little touch of correction or modification as to keep the page quite tidy for reading;..."

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"Perhaps word from you is on the way. But, since we are now well into April & no word has come to indicate to me that the two packages of typescript material reached you, and in good order, I think I had better send an inquiry as to this."

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"Word came to me yesterday from you apprising me of the safe travel of the last two packages of ms. material, and communicating to me your idea of the askable price for all the material you have in hand: I thank you for these combined attentions. I trust your estimates entirely.---With all the material, I should like the privilege of advance knowledge of the possible quarters you have in mind."

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"Your plan as to the present batch of manuscripts I approve. I am comfortable with your assurances as to placement; I agree with your view as to avoi[d]ing scattering as possible. I shall be guided by your view as to the carbon copy of the Rational Meaning material in your care."