Letter from A.P. Watt to H.W. Sheldon

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Title

Letter from A.P. Watt to H.W. Sheldon

Type

LETTER

Creator

A.P. Watt

Description

Both Sheldon and Messrs Appleton & Co. will be interested to hear Crockett contemplating production of dramatised version of Lilac Sunbonnet; sees from Sheldon's letter 22nd September 1893 they agree to publish and copyright story in America paying royalty 10% on published price; presumes copyright alluded to was made in their name and should they wish it transferred to Mr Crockett merely for purposes of protecting Play would very kindly agree to do so as in case of Mr Anthony Hope's The God in the Car

Date

1896-10-06

Subject

Lilac Sunbonnet dramatisation, copyright transfer, Anthony Hope precedent

Identifier

APW_1896_033

Contributor

H.W. Sheldon Esq, Messrs Appleton & Co, 33 Bedford Square W.C.

Language

English

Coverage

Hastings House

Collection

Citation

A.P. Watt, “Letter from A.P. Watt to H.W. Sheldon,” S.R.Crockett Museum, accessed May 2, 2026, https://www.srcrockett.scot/themuseum/items/show/1265.

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