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"Dear Mrs. Langley Moore, Very many thanks for your letter. I wish I could be of some use to you, but I don't believe that anybody has accurate information about the connection of Hubert Bland with the Roman Catholic Church. As I recall the atmosphere, it was always rather mysterious! I do however, recall two specific conversations, one with Hubert Bland himself and one with E. Nesbit..."

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"Dear Madam, I knew E. Nesbit very well, and should be glad to give you any assistance that I could..."

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"Dear Madam, Just a line to say with what delight I have read your admirable Life of E. Nesbit and to say with what pride I noticed that you had thought fit to include in your preface the verses I wrote about her on her death in 1924..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore, In my lines on Mrs. Nesbit (which I am honoured to hear you propose to print in your biography) the word "quod" was used not as a relation applying to Rome but in conjunction [?] "because"..."

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Transcribed copy of the original letter.

Scope and Contents "Dear Mrs. Briggs, Forgive me for being such a long time in answering your letter, but I find writing terribly difficult now - not much that my hand is nearly paralysed (as this terrible writing shows), but my willpower seems to be going the same way! (All this is due to my serious afflication called "Parkinson's Disease" - in my case plus other ailments which I won't bother you with). I'm delighted to hear about your work on E. Nesbit, and look forward eagerly to read it, if I live long...

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Handwritten note on a scrap of paper.

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Written in pencil at the bottom is a note by Doris Langley Moore: "This was enclosed with his 'appreciation' in typescript. Acknowledged the 11th." No typewritten letter at the same date is in the collection.

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"Dear Madam, Good,--if you would call at above address (Emerson Club - terribly tiny, but quiet) at 4.35 PM on Tuesday, we could have a little tea and talk. Myself reads for Victor Gollamus - who requires me to dispose of each M.S. within a week, sometimes within two days... so... NON MEA CULPA.... "Never say I did it! Never shake || Thy gory locks at me!"..."

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Onionskin typewritten copy, but has Green's signature.