Dear Boss

[mariab]

Oh OK, thanks. And you're looking at Hurlbert vs. Bulling/Moore?

[TradeName]

Hurlbert was "The Boss" of the Central News Agency.

Manufacturers and Farmers Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), July 16, 1888, Page 1

[mariab]

Lynn, are you and TradeName referring to William Henry Hurlbert?
You can't be seriously considering him as an author for Ripper letters???!!

[TradeName]

Good luck with the Hurlbert letters, LC.

Here's another reference to Hurlbert and the Parnell Commission:

The Glasgow Herald, February 26, 1889, Page 7

Our London Correspondence

The Irish Debate in the Commons

It is rumoured to-night that the Attorney-General
will to-morrow ask to be allowed to
treat Richard Pigott as a hostile witness, and
therefore to subject him to cross-examination
instead of to re-examination. There is also a
story afloat of a strong and strking piece of
testimony which, it is said, will be given in
reference to the letters by Mr. Hurlbert, the
well-known American author, whose book
on Ireland was largely read last year.

[lynn cates]

hope

Hello Joe. Thanks. Hope to hear next week.

Cheers.
LC

[sleekviper]

Good Luck Lynn!

[lynn cates]

University of Glasgow

Hello Maria. Actually, they are in the University of Glasgow library. Trade Name provided the link.

Sure, send an email.

Cheers.
LC

[mariab]

Lynn, I assume you're referring to letters by journalists, not spies? Or does this refer to the Palo Alto sources? By the by, after asking at the LMA I have a possible way of how to research Rachkovsky's financial records, and the same for certain members of the WVC. Can I email you pertaining to this (in a few days)?

[lynn cates]

step 1

Hello All. I've begun inquiries for obtaining some letters from a library for comparison to the "Dear Boss."

Wish me luck. Dealing with these agencies can be quite time consuming.

Cheers.
LC

[mariab]

They're absolutely fascinating and very complementary, and I've perused them, but not really studied them yet, which needs a bit more time I'm afraid.
As for their format, they're almost bigger than my coffee table. :-)

[Steven Russell]

They're both fascinating reads, Maria. I'm sure you'll enjoy 'em.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[mariab]

Hi Maria
The postscript was written in red crayon or pencil. It was not written in red ink as was the letter itself.
Best regards
Chris

Thank you so much for confirming. It totally looks like it!

Just to clarify, I haven't yet been able to properly study Letters from Hell and SY investigates due to the books' format! They're so huge, they can't be taken along on a trip, and I've been mostly on the road of lately. But it will happen that I manage to study them in the very near future.

[lynn cates]

thanks

Hello Steven. Thanks. Yes, that may be where one needs to start, but great pity it's not the other one--much easier for an old man's eyes.

Thanks also to Mr. Evans for posting it.

Cheers.
LC

[Steven Russell]

Hello, Lynn.

First of all, thanks to Stewart Evans for pitching in and helping to clarify this matter. I had hoped he would. For once it seems my thoughts / analysis have been proved correct. A look at posts 239, 247, and 248 should clear everything up.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[lynn cates]

explanation

Hello Mr. Evans. Thanks.

"The photographs I have posted here show the whole of the letter, including the edges, so I don't see how 'cocking' comes into it."

What I mean is that the faded copy looks like the camera was held directly in line with the margins. If so, the left margin does not wander at all.

On the "nice" copy, there seems to be a 5-10 degree margin shift to the left (very rare), but could be accounted for by having the camera "cocked" just a few degrees off center (as per Steven's post).

If, however, the original writer actually employed a slight (albeit unconscious) leftward margin shift, then, given its infrequent occurrence, the writer may be relatively easy to discover.

That's why I am fussing over just which copy to use as most true to the original.

Cheers.
LC