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Autograph letter signed : The Old Park, Penn, Buckinghamshire, to Tom Turner, 1940 January 4.

BIB_ID
196131
Accession number
MA 13981.1
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
Display Date
1940 January 4.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.4 cm + envelope.
Notes
Written on blue paper, with matching stamped and postmarked envelope, addressed to: Tom Turner Esqre / Shawlands / Bank Crest / Baildon / Yorks."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Discussing domestic and family matters, including his wife's recent heart attack and current ill health, acknowledging a gift a books by Mary Coleridge received from Turner, stating that he and his family "knew and loved" her, and that he intends to send one of her books on to his eldest daughter Florence; making references to his recent reading and wishing that he and Turner could meet again sometime soon.