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Conrad, Joseph
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Description
- Autograph letter signed ("Conrad") to G.F.W. Hope, confessing "doubts as to my ability to write good newspaper articles".
- paper, ink
Two pages (10 x 8 in.; 254 x 203 mm) on paper. Capel House, Orlestone, Nr Ashford (author's embossed stationary), 6 September 1916.
Catalogue Note
In Conrad's letter to Hope, his life-long friend, he expresses approval over a meeting they have planned, with the author "glad to no end that the moment approaches." Conrad explains to Hope that he's been asked by the Admiralty to write a number of articles related to his work on the R.N.R., "the Merchant Service—our service my dear boy. I refused to have anything to do with the R.N.V.R. and Sir Douglas Brownigg understood my feelings at once." Conrad's feelings surrounding the R.N.R. (Royal Naval Reserve) and the R.N.V.R. (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) are unmistakable as he communicates the possibility of this new project to Hope.