BIB_ID
293810
Accession number
MA 4786.7
Creator
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
Display Date
1970 June 2.
Credit line
Gift of David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1992.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 27.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of ca. 225 typed and autograph letters, postcards, and notes from M.F.K. Fisher to David Pleydell-Bouverie. Items in this collection are described in individual records; see MA 4786 for more information.
Provenance
David Pleydell-Bouverie.
Summary
Thanking him for sorrel and noting that she plans to use it in two soups; discussing his suggestion that she might want to live on the Ranch (Pleydell-Bouverie's estate); saying that she feels drawn to Provence, though she has "an innate aversion to becoming a doddery ex-patriate," and Sonoma [where Pleydell-Bouverie lives]; telling him that she would like to "help with anything [she] can, at least financially," and "would come to the Ranch tomorrow ... if the house were ready"; apologizing for not being able to find a magazine she wants to show him; mentioning that she may have to refuse a marriage proposal; thanking him for being a "dear friend" and noting that "life seems much more exciting and even important since we met."
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