If the Letter is to be in answer to another, begin by getting out that other letter and reading it through, in order to refresh your memory, as to wh… - Lewis Carroll

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Engraved portrait of Lewis Carroll, facing left

If the Letter is to be in answer to another, begin by getting out that other letter and reading it through, in order to refresh your memory, as to what it is you have to answer, and as to your correspondent’s present address (otherwise you will be sending your letter to his regular address in London, though he has been careful in writing to give you his Torquay address in full).

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About Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll (born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) was an English author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His father was Charles Dodgson (archdeacon), his great-grandfather was Charles Dodgson (bishop) and his nephew was Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Lewis Carroll (Public domain / CC0)

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Birth Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Alternative Names: Charles Dodgson Lewis Caroll Lewis Carroll Dodgson Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Rev. C. L. Dodgson Charles L. Dodgson Lewis Caroll Dodgson C. L. Dodgson

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