Offered here is a 1908 letter to famed golf collector Harry B. Wood regarding H.S.C. Everard and collecting golf books, with a specific mention of The Golfer's Manual by Fannie. The writer David Louden was a friend of Old Tom Morris, and ends the letter stating that "Old Tom well and cheery!" This letter is from January 26, 1908, and Old Tom Morris passed away on May 24, 1908.
This letter was originally part of the Harry B. Wood collection, which was then acquired by Tom Morris biographer and Historian Peter Crabtree. Since the 1980s, this has been part of Peter Crabtree's legendary collection.