BIB_ID
314672
Accession number
MA 7799.93
Creator
Rawnsley, H. D. (Hardwicke Drummond), 1851-1920.
Display Date
[1918?] May 8.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 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 "Allan Bank, / Grasmere."
Year of writing inferred from contents of letter; Canon Rawnsley's first wife died in December 1916 and he married his secretary, Eleanor Simpson, June 1, 1918.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "Allan Bank, / Grasmere."
Year of writing inferred from contents of letter; Canon Rawnsley's first wife died in December 1916 and he married his secretary, Eleanor Simpson, June 1, 1918.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Thanking her for her kind letter; talking about how important Eleanor Simpson has become to him and with whom he has "found an unbreakable bond & a most sympathetic & capable comrade;"; inviting her to visit him at Allan Bank.
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