BIB_ID
294377
Accession number
MA 4786.196
Creator
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
Display Date
1990 May 2.
Credit line
Gift of David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1992.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 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.
With an autograph note from Pleydell-Bouverie on the verso: "Stricken by Parkinson's, speechless & sightless, this is the last letter she typed personally for David Bouverie (May 1990)." The letter contains typing errors throughout, and Fisher ends by noting that she cannot read the letter.
With an autograph note from Pleydell-Bouverie on the verso: "Stricken by Parkinson's, speechless & sightless, this is the last letter she typed personally for David Bouverie (May 1990)." The letter contains typing errors throughout, and Fisher ends by noting that she cannot read the letter.
Provenance
David Pleydell-Bouverie.
Summary
Telling him that she misses talking with him and wishes they could be enjoying this beautiful place together; noting that her failing voice makes it difficult to talk with ease; reporting that everyone who comes to Last House talks of its "charm" and "real magic"; saying she considers herself blessed among all women that she is privileged enough to live in Last House.
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