Item 1982/1 - Two letters from Michael Dolley to Ian Stewart and one from Ian Stewart to Michael Dolley

Two letters from Michael Dolley to Ian Stewart and one from Ian Stewart to Michael Dolley:
(a) letter from Michael Dolley to Ian Stewart, typescript, two pages on one small folio (recto & verso), dated 28 January 1982, noting that his "strictures on the content and tone" of IS's contribution to his joint paper with Christopher Blunt on Bossall may seem irksome. MD claims that he did not refuse to allow CEB to see his assessor's report but merely stipulated that the editor must give his consent. He suggests that a few words of explanation are needed to resolve the matter. In a postscript, he writes that he was unable to attend FEJ's [Francis Elmore Jones] funeral on Wednesday because his doctors had forbidden him from doing so. The letter is accompanied by the envelope, postmarked from South Devon on 29 January 1982, in which the letter was evidently sent.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Michael Dolley, manuscript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 1 February 1982, expressing his pleasure to receive a letter directly from MD after hearing messages through intermediaries. He assures MD that nothing that he has written with Christopher [Blunt] in their joint paper was intended to cause offence and he regrets that the whole business has caused distress when MD was so unwell, but he states that does not follow MD's line of reasoning and in no way feels that he has behaved improperly. He says only that his outlook on the matter differs from MD's and that he hopes that MD will find his explanation in that. He is sorry that the matter has led to a misunderstanding but expresses his openness to constructive suggestions and hopes that, with editorial approval, he may have MD's comments. He shares MD's sadness about the death of FEJ and also notes the untimely passing of Colin Kraay. In a postscript, he comments on Becker's quasi-commentationes and wonder what Brita Malmer thinks of it.
(c) letter from Michael Dolley to Ian Stewart, typescript, three pages on two folios, dated 2 February 1982, thanking IS for his letter but noting that it was not enough to resolve the issues. After reiterating in greater detail some of the complaints he aired in his letter of 28 January, he lists four points in particular that he would like to have explained, all of which concern the failure of IS and CEB to cite his work or that of his students. He also stated that he was troubled by the inadequate picture that the authors gave of his joint paper with Moore in 1973. Once these issues were resolved, he suggested, he would consider allowing the IS and CEB to see his "detailed criticisms of what has become a draft".