GE to Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons, Richmond, 5 November 1858
Title
GE to Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons, Richmond, 5 November 1858
Title
GE to Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons, Richmond, 5 November 1858
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons
Date(s)
- 1858-11-05
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE to Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons, Richmond, 5 November 1858
MS: Parrish Collection, Princeton. Hitherto unpublished.
Copy.
Richmond | November 5th. 1858.
Gentlemen
I beg to accept your offer to pay me for the copyright of Adam Bede, for four years from this date, the sum of eight hundred pounds (£800), payable in two instalments, with this modification, namely, that the first instalment be paid to me by cash at the date of publication, and the second, as you propose, by bill at nine months after that date.
I remain, gentlemen
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons
MS: Parrish Collection, Princeton. Hitherto unpublished.
Copy.
Richmond | November 5th. 1858.
Gentlemen
I beg to accept your offer to pay me for the copyright of Adam Bede, for four years from this date, the sum of eight hundred pounds (£800), payable in two instalments, with this modification, namely, that the first instalment be paid to me by cash at the date of publication, and the second, as you propose, by bill at nine months after that date.
I remain, gentlemen
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons
Signature
George Eliot.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons, Richmond, 5 November 1858, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92965