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Autograph letter signed : Bangalore, to Joan Severn, 1918 Nov. 10.

BIB_ID
314427
Accession number
MA 7799.42
Creator
Cobb, H.V., 20th cent.
Display Date
1918 Nov. 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 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 stationery embossed "The Residency, / Bangalore."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Thanking her for her letter of September 19th; expressing his happiness at the news that "the Kaiser has actually abdicated & tomorrow I suspect we shall hear that Germany has 'toed the line' and accepted Foch's terms for an armistice;" saying he hopes to return to England at the end of the war and return to private life; sending his Christmas greetings.