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* [[The Critic on our Hearth]] (~8 january 1909)
* [[The Critic on our Hearth]] (~8 january 1909)
* [[The Label in Future]] (~13 january 1909)
* [[The Traffic in Old Horses]] (~23 july 1909)
* [[The Traffic in Old Horses]] (~23 july 1909)
* [[England and the Congo (18 august 1909)|England and the Congo]] (~18 august 1909)
* [[England and the Congo (18 august 1909)|England and the Congo]] (~18 august 1909)
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* [[The Amateur Soldier Again (4 november 1911)|The Amateur Soldier Again]] (~4 november 1911)
* [[The Amateur Soldier Again (4 november 1911)|The Amateur Soldier Again]] (~4 november 1911)
* [[The Amateur Soldier Again (2 december 1911)|The Amateur Soldier Again]] (~2 december 1911)
* [[The Amateur Soldier Again (2 december 1911)|The Amateur Soldier Again]] (~2 december 1911)
* [[Khartoum Cathedral]] (~5 december 1911)
* [[Marriage Problems]] (~16 january 1912)
* [[Marriage Problems]] (~16 january 1912)
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Divorce]] (~23 january 1912)
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Divorce]] (~23 january 1912)
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* [[Civilian National Reserve]] (~6 august 1914)
* [[Civilian National Reserve]] (~6 august 1914)
* [[Our Latent Forces]] (6 august 1914)
* [[Our Latent Forces]] (6 august 1914)
* [[Civilian Reserve]] (~13 august 1914)
* [[Civilian National Reserve]] (~13 august 1914)
* [[Civilian National Reserve]] (~13 august 1914)


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* [[Divorce and Separation (12 september 1917)|Divorce and Separation]] (10 september 1917)
* [[Divorce and Separation (12 september 1917)|Divorce and Separation]] (10 september 1917)
* [[Divorce and Separation (20 october 1917)|Divorce and Separation]] (~20 october 1917)
* [[Divorce and Separation (20 october 1917)|Divorce and Separation]] (~20 october 1917)
* [[Spooks Who Wear Clothes]] (~30 october 1917)
* [[Spooks Who Wear Clothes (letter 30 october 1917)|Spooks Who Wear Clothes]] (~30 october 1917)
* [[Sir A. Conan Doyle Declines]] (30 october 1917)
* [[Sir A. Conan Doyle Declines]] (30 october 1917)
* [[Why Spooks Wear Clothes]] (31 october 1917)
* [[Why Spooks Wear Clothes]] (31 october 1917)
* [[Spook Seance To-Morrow#PHOTOGRAPHS_OF_SPIRITS.|Photographs of Spirits]] (~6 november 1917)
* [[Divorce Law Reform (10 december 1917)|Divorce Law Reform]] (~10 december 1917)
* [[Divorce Law Reform (10 december 1917)|Divorce Law Reform]] (~10 december 1917)
* [[The Divorce Law]] (8 december 1917)
* [[The Divorce Law]] (8 december 1917)
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* [[Profiteering. Growers, Sellers, and the State]] (15 july 1919)
* [[Profiteering. Growers, Sellers, and the State]] (15 july 1919)
* [[Mr. Jerome and Spirits]] (11 august 1919)
* [[Mr. Jerome and Spirits]] (11 august 1919)
* [[Insanity and Spiritualism]] (~22 september 1919)
* [[A Voice from the Grave]] (~10 october 1919)
* [[A Voice from the Grave]] (~10 october 1919)
* [[Is Spiritism Anti-Christian?]] (~24 november 1919)
* [[Is Spiritism Anti-Christian?]] (~24 november 1919)
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* [[The Garb of Spirits]] (~19 july 1920)
* [[The Garb of Spirits]] (~19 july 1920)
* [[In Touch with the Dead (letter 12 august 1920)|In Touch with the Dead]] (~12 august 1920)
* [[In Touch with the Dead (letter 12 august 1920)|In Touch with the Dead]] (~12 august 1920)
* [[Plea for Divorce Reform]] (~1 november 1920)
* [[The Unrepentant Northcliffe]] (december 1920)
* [[The Unrepentant Northcliffe]] (december 1920)


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* [[Divorce for Desertion]] (4 may 1921)
* [[A Spiritual Lead]] (11 may 1921)
* [[A Spiritual Lead]] (11 may 1921)
* [[Fairy Photographs]] (~18 june 1921)
* [[Fairy Photographs]] (~18 june 1921)
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* [[The Future of the Rev. G. Vale Owen]] (20 may 1924)
* [[The Future of the Rev. G. Vale Owen]] (20 may 1924)
* [[The Future of the Rev. G. Vale Owen]] (june 1924)
* [[The Future of the Rev. G. Vale Owen]] (june 1924)
* [[The Mystery Ship]] (~15 september 1924)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (22 september 1924)|Letter to Harry Price]] (22 september 1924)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (22 september 1924)|Letter to Harry Price]] (22 september 1924)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (30 september 1924)|Letter to Harry Price]] (30 september 1924)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (30 september 1924)|Letter to Harry Price]] (30 september 1924)
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* [[Letter to Harry Price (25 october 1925)|Letter to Harry Price]] (25 october 1925)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (25 october 1925)|Letter to Harry Price]] (25 october 1925)
* [[Man's Survival After Death]] (~31 october 1925)
* [[Man's Survival After Death]] (~31 october 1925)
* [[Spirit Messages (24 december 1925)|Spirit Messages]] (~24 december 1925)




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* [[No Time for Re-Reading]] (~9 august 1927)
* [[Letter to Julian B. Arnold (6 october 1927)|Letter to Julian B. Arnold]] (6 october 1927)
* [[Letter to Julian B. Arnold (6 october 1927)|Letter to Julian B. Arnold]] (6 october 1927)
* [[The Hydesville Memorial (29 october and 26 november 1927)|The Hydesville Memorial]] (26 november 1927)
* [[The Hydesville Memorial (29 october and 26 november 1927)|The Hydesville Memorial]] (26 november 1927)
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* [[Conan Doyle on Spiritualism]] (13 april 1928)
* [[Conan Doyle on Spiritualism]] (13 april 1928)
* [[The Fortune-Telling Act]] (6 august 1928)
* [[The Fortune-Telling Act]] (6 august 1928)
* [[The Case of Sir R. Ross]] (~6 october 1928)
* [[Hardened Offenders (13 july 1929)|Hardened Offenders]] (13 july 1929)
* [[Hardened Offenders (13 july 1929)|Hardened Offenders]] (13 july 1929)


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* [[A Pessimistic View]] (~20 november 1929)
* [[Propaganda in India (14 january 1930)|Propaganda in India]] (14 january 1930)
* [[Propaganda in India (14 january 1930)|Propaganda in India]] (14 january 1930)


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* [[Recruiting in Eastbourne]] (14 october 1914)
* [[Recruiting in Eastbourne]] (14 october 1914)
* [[The Wearing of the Green]] (~18 august 1915)


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File:letter-sacd-1916-09-24-colonel-green.jpg|link=Letter to Colonel Green (24 september 1916)|[[Letter to Colonel Green (24 september 1916)|Letter to Colonel Green]] (24 september 1916)
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== From Queen's Hotel, Montreal, Canada (1914) ==
== From Queen's Hotel, Montreal, Canada (1914) ==
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* [[Dickens and our Blinded Heroes]] (1 july 1918)  
* [[Dickens and our Blinded Heroes]] (1 july 1918)  




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== From Grosvenor Hotel, London SW1 (1919-1921) ==
 
== From Grosvenor Hotel, London SW1 (1919-1922) ==


* [[Sir A. Conan Doyle on Spirit Photography]] (~20 december 1919)  
* [[Sir A. Conan Doyle on Spirit Photography]] (~20 december 1919)  
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* [[Propaganda in India (29 july 1920)|Propaganda in India]] (~29 july 1920)
* [[Propaganda in India (29 july 1920)|Propaganda in India]] (~29 july 1920)
* [[Streatham Tragedy]] (~4 november 1921)
* [[Streatham Tragedy]] (~4 november 1921)
* [[Sir A. Conan Doyle on Borstal]] (~5 january 1922)




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* [[Letter to Harry Price (24 february 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (24 february 1928)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (24 february 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (24 february 1928)
* [[The Prosecution of Spiritualists]] (25 july 1928)
* [[The Prosecution of Spiritualists]] (25 july 1928)
* [[The Future of Spiritualism (1 august 1928)|The Future of Spiritualism]] (~1 august 1928)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (10 september 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (10 september 1928)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (10 september 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (10 september 1928)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (12 september 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (12 september 1928)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (12 september 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (12 september 1928)
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* [[Freak Flints]] (~23 october 1926)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (22 february 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (22 february 1928)
* [[Letter to Harry Price (22 february 1928)|Letter to Harry Price]] (22 february 1928)


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* [[The Law of Divorce]] (10 june 1920)
* [[The Law of Divorce]] (10 june 1920)
* [[Spiritualism: Replies to Mr. Clodd]] (28 june 1920)
* [[Spiritualism: Replies to Mr. Clodd]] (28 june 1920)
* [[Speech with the Dead]] (6 august 1920)
* [[Speech with the Dead (article 6 august 1920)|Speech with the Dead]] (6 august 1920)
* [[In Touch with the Dead (letter 6 august 1920)|In Touch with the Dead]] (~6 august 1920)
* [[In Touch with the Dead (letter 6 august 1920)|In Touch with the Dead]] (~6 august 1920)
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Tour]] (1 september 1920)
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Tour]] (1 september 1920)

Revision as of 11:53, 14 July 2024

Here is a list of handwritten letters by Arthur Conan Doyle wrote to relatives or published in the press. He wrote thousands of letters during his life... The following list is not exhaustive.

For other handwritten pieces, see Dedicaces, Manuscripts, drawings and paintings and other writings.

The letters are ordered chronologically, based on locations where Conan Doyle wrote his letters.

See also How to authenticate his signature?



From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

From Clifton House, Aston Road, Birmingham (1879-1882)


From Bush Villa, Southsea, Portsmouth (1882-1890)











Undated

From Central Hotel, Berlin, Germany (1890)


From 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood (1891-1894)











From The Russel House, Detroit, USA (1894)


From The Aldine Club, New York, USA (1894)


From Reform Club, Pall Mall, London (1892-1900)





Undated


From Davos, Caux & Maloja, Switzerland (1893-1895)

Davos





Maloja



Caux



From 23 Oakley Street, Chelsea (1895)


From Egypt (1895-1896)




From Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt (1896)


From 4 Southsea Terrace, Southsea (1896)


From Greyswood Beeches, Haslemere (1896-1899)



From Authors' Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London (1897)


From Morley's Hotel, London (1897-1902)




From Moorlands, Hindhead (1897)


From Claremont, Eastbourne (1897)

From Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere (1897-1907)


























From 14 Rossetti Mansions, Chelsea (< 1898)


From The Langman Hospital, South Africa (1900)



From 27 Rue des Batignolles, Paris, France (ca. 1900)


From Dunard, Grange Loan, Edinburgh (1900)


From Old Waverley Hotel, Edinburgh (1900)


From The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London (1901-1924)

From the R.M.S Austral (1902)


From Ashdown Forest Hotel (1902-1906)



From The Limes, Wallingford, Oxfordshire (1903)


From Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London (1903-1920)



From North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh (1904)


From Sheringham, Norfolk (1904)


From Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh (1905)


From Tower Hotel, Hawick (1905)


From Kensington (1906)


From Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne (<1907)


From Monkstown, Crowborough (1907)


From Ely-place, Holborn, London (1907)


From Regent Hotel, Royal Leamington Spa (1907)


From Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex (1907-1930)







































































From Hotel Metropole, London (1908-1915)





From Piccadilly Hotel, London (1909-1910)

From The Poldhu Hotel, Mullion, South Cornwall (1910)


From Old Ship Hotel, Brighton (1911)


From Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Germany (1911)


From Grand Hotel, Lyndhurst, New Forest (1912)



From Princes Hotel, Brighton (1912)


From Grand Hotel & Kurhaus, Mürren, Switzerland (1913)


From Frinton, Essex (1913)


From Grand Parade, Eastbourne (1914-1916)

From Queen's Hotel, Montreal, Canada (1914)


From Winnipeg, Canada (1914)

From Royal Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone (1915)


From Portman Lodge, Bournemouth, UK (1916)


From Paris, France (1916)


From Burlington Hotel, Eastbourne (ca. 1916)


From The Dickens Fellowship, London (1918)


From Queen's Hotel, Eastbourne (ca. 1919)


From Grosvenor Hotel, London SW1 (1919-1922)


Undated


From Hotel Metropole, Blackpool (1920)


From Grand Hotel, Melbourne, Australia (1920)


From New Zealand (1920)


From Petty's Hotel, Sydney, Australia (1920)


From Pacific Hotel, Manly, Australia (1920)


From Grand Hôtel du Louvre, Paris, France (1921)


From 4 Mostyn Terrace, Eastbourne (1921-1925)


From Atlantic City, USA (1922)


From The Ambassador, New York (1922)


From the R.M.S. Adriatic (1922)


From The Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado (1923)


From The Ambassador, Los Angeles (1923)


From 15 Buckingham Palace Mansions (1923-1930)
















Undated

From Jasper, Alberta, Canada (1923)


From "The Oke Field", Lyndhurst, Hant (1924)


From Villa Berna, Grindelwald, Switzerland (1924-1925)


From Hotel Regina, Paris, France (1925)


From Pulborough, UK (1925)


From Bignell Wood, Lyndhurst, Hants (1925-1930)







Undated

From The Psychic Bookshop, London (1925-1930)


From Abbey House, 2 Victoria Street, London (1926)


From Crowborough Post Office (1927)


From Hotel des Indes, La Hague (1929)


From Hotel D'Angleterre, Copenhagen (1929)

From Grand Hotel, Oslo (1929)


From Meikles Hotel, Salisbury, Rhodesia [1] (1929)


Unknown locations (1901-1930)






From Lena Jean Conan Doyle

1989


From Mary Conan Doyle

1928


From James Doyle

...soon...







  1. Rhodesia = Zimbabwe since 1980.