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Autograph letter signed : Carnforth, to Joan Severn, [1917] July 14.

BIB_ID
314238
Accession number
MA 7799.13
Creator
Gore-Booth, Eva, 1870-1926.
Display Date
[1917] July 14.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters to Joan Severn. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on mourning stationery embossed "Muncaster Castle, / Ravenglass, / Carnforth."
Year of writing inferred from contents of letter; Lady Muncaster died July 13, 1917.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Writing on behalf of Lady Erroll to inform her that Lady Muncaster "passed quietly away yesterday."