Box 1

Transcribed copy of the original letter.

Recipient is inferred to be Thomas Tucker because of the close date to Edith Nesbit's death, the writer's reference to the recipient's "Mate" (possibly meaning wife) in the past tense, and description of her as an author whose works would only become more famous as time went by.

Transcribed copy of the original letter.

Photocopy of the original letter, on Hotel Astoria St. Petersburg stationery. It is unclear why these letters are included with the collection, and may have been a separate research project that Julia Briggs was working on.

Photocopy of the original letter. It is unclear why these letters are included with the collection, and may have been a separate research project that Julia Briggs was working on.

Photocopy of the original letter. It is unclear why these letters are included with the collection, and may have been a separate research project that Julia Briggs was working on.

Photocopy of the original letter. It is unclear why these letters are included with the collection, and may have been a separate research project that Julia Briggs was working on.

Photocopy of the original letter. It is unclear why these letters are included with the collection, and may have been a separate research project that Julia Briggs was working on.

Photocopy of the original letter. It is unclear why these letters are included with the collection, and may have been a separate research project that Julia Briggs was working on.

Also notable is Calder-Marshall's system of writing dates. He may have been using the Soviet Calendar, which dropped 2 weeks from February 1918.

Photocopy of the original letter. It is unclear why these letters are included with the collection, and may have been a separate research project that Julia Briggs was working on.