ALS signed “Wells,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8, June 3, 1889. Letter to H. E. Hadley. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “Are you or are you not going to the Art Schools Swaray or Sworry? because if you are, & if you have no serious luggage, you have got to come & go with me who have much & need the aid of a friend. O Bear ye one anothers’ burthens says the scripture, & my burthen is worse than that which Christian left in the city of Destruction.” Intersecting folds, scattered creases, and overall toning, otherwise fine condition. Hadley was an author of elementary physics textbooks and a contemporary of Wells and Sir Richard Gregory at The Royal College of Science, London. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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