H.P. Lovecraft's Enlistment Card

Thanks to Chris Perridas of the H.P. Lovecraft and His Legacy blog, we now have a scan of Lovecraft's enlistment papers. The registration card is a harrowing ghost of the Great War era, and perhaps an appropriate specter, seeing as how Armistice Day passed by last week. Lovecraft never quite saw action once America entered the war, but he came very close to joining the military after years of fierce polemics in defense of Great Britain and the Entente. The document gives us a thin, but clear snapshot of Lovecraft's life: his Angel Street address in Providence, and his status as a self-employed writer.

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