Letter to Mr. Stapleton (21 march 1904)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
This letter was dictated by Arthur Conan Doyle on 21 march 1904 from Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere, and sent to A. Stapleton from Nottingham.
Stapleton was the name of many characters in his writings:
- in The Crime of the Brigadier (1899)
- in The Croxley Master (1899)
- in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)
Letter
21: 3: 04
Dear Sir,
It was entirely a chance that I hit upon your surname for characters in my writing.
Yours faithfully
Arthur Conan Doyle