BIB_ID
316407
Accession number
MA 3848.188
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
"Friday" [after 1960 Feb. 18].
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 13.6 x 22.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of autograph letters of Dame Edith Sitwell to Kenneth and Jane Clark. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written on Castle of Montegufoni stationery.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Sitwell sent a letter congratulating Jane Clark on the birth of Alan's first child on Feb. 18, 1960 (See MA 3848.122).
Written on Castle of Montegufoni stationery.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Sitwell sent a letter congratulating Jane Clark on the birth of Alan's first child on Feb. 18, 1960 (See MA 3848.122).
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Apologizing for her terrible writing paper. Remarking "it is only a question of time before I murder the whole of the denizens of the Florence Post Office," complaining they have lost the letter of congratulations (on the safe delivery of her grandchild) as well as a cheque for £100.
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