BIB_ID
401211
Accession number
MA 4210.8
Creator
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964.
Display Date
1943 December 30.
Credit line
Purchased, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 13.8 cm
Notes
On stationery engraved "Cliveden." on the right side and "Taplow, / Bucks." on the left next to graphics of a train car and an envelope.
The salutation is "Dear, dear Friend."
With autograph additions.
The salutation is "Dear, dear Friend."
With autograph additions.
Provenance
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund in honor of Mrs. Vincent Astor, February 1983.
Summary
Concerning [Oswald] Mosley; saying "I never stood up for Mosley. He practically murdered his first wife, who was one of my dearest friends. As you know, I hate dictators - whether they are from the Right or Left. Like St. Paul, I was born free. All I know is that out-cry about Mosley was an organised affair. When I see you I will explain exactly what I mean. Anyhow, it's not the British way to keep dying people in prison, particularly if they are uncondemned. We don't keep people in Princetown and I am sure you would be the last to do it, for in spite of all you say - no one has a tenderer heart. I do long to see you again. I have had such an amusing letter from G.B.S. which I will bring down to show you. Please don't class me as a Mosleyite, Stalinite, Hitlerite or Musso-ite; I am not among the 'ites' and you shouldn't be either!" asking him to come for a visit; adding, in autograph, "my sons were all here on Boxing Day...I pray God this war will soon be over - & we shall meet - with love to you both."
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