ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Athenaeum letterhead, no date. In full, “ I shall come back to gala that night, so I shall want three bedrooms and a big sitting room at the Douglas Hotel for Tuesday and Wednesday unless my mother fails to come in which case I'll warn you. So glad if you would fix it. I've now got both the Hawick & Selkirk free press under control. Better not speak about it, but I consider it enormously important. Now I want a Galashids Edition of the Hawick Free Press. I'll supply (or have supplied) the politics. Many thanks for good news & all your pains. Wilson is quite ready to give that lecture at gala and it has been a great success in Hawick though the opposition assembled in force. I don't know how funds are with you in Gala, but don't ever let a good chance pass for want of funds so long as I have a dollar.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. In fine condition, with a bisecting horizontal mailing fold. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
