Cablegram from Harcourt Brace and Company Inc. to Virginia Woolf (1930)

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[pre-printed letterhead] FORM NO. 6B. WESTERN UNION CABLEGRAM  THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.  ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH CO., LD.  RECEIVED AT 22, GREAT WINCHESTER STREET, LONDON, E.C.2.

 

[[stamp] G.L.W.4.PE

30 APR 2AM 09]

 

1207E NEWYORK 51

 

NLT VIRGINIA WOOLF

52 TAVISTOCK SQUARE LONDON,

 

[[Stamp] 158 D[?]]

 

PLAYWRIGHT OFFERS THROUGH AGENT IMMEDIATE PAYMENT 500 DOLLARS ACCOUNT ROYALTIES ONE YEAR OPTION DRAMATIC RIGHTS ORLANDO MONEY NOT RETURNABLE IN EVENT YOUR DISAPPROVAL DRAMATIZATION SCRIPT OR FAILURE TO FIND PRODUCER EVEN DIVISION ROYALTIES BETWEEN YOU AND PLAYWRIGHT LESS AGENTS COMMISSION CABLE REPLY REQUESTED,

 

HARBRACE.

 

 

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[pre-printed letterhead] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. (INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, U.S.A., WITH LIMITED LIABILITY.)

 

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Cablegram from Harcourt Brace and Company Inc. to Virginia Woolf (1930)

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Harcourt Brace and Company Inc. informs Virginia Woolf of a playwright seeking the dramatic rights to Orlando: A Biography.

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