BIB_ID
401227
Accession number
MA 4210.10
Creator
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964.
Display Date
1944 March 2.
Credit line
Purchased, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.5 x 12.8 cm
Notes
On stationery embossed in red with "The Lady Mayoress" in the upper left corner and "3, Elliot Terrace, / The Hoe, / Plymouth" in the upper right corner. "Lady Astor" is written under "The Lord Mayoress" in an unknown hand.
Provenance
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund in honor of Mrs. Vincent Astor, February 1983.
Summary
Discussing his pro-Stalin position, family matters, and George Bernard Shaw's inheritance from his wife; saying "May I say you are not a real Irishman, as I am not a real Virginian, or we would never have left our native lands! Virginian [sic?] knows enough about Ireland to make her turn from it with a shudder! You've never been and never will be a slave"; adding "If you are now pro-Stalin you will certainly have to change your gait, for nobody has advanced more than he has in the last ten years. I am very pro-Sean O'Casey and really do long to see you. I wish I could have you at St. James's Square for a fortnight or a month to get your play ready, but alas, we occupy one room in the basement"; commenting on her quiet time in Cornwall; adding "G.B.S. has just written to tell me that General Montgomery's A.D.C. arrived in a car to fix up a meeting for him on Saturday afternoon at John's studio - but that doesn't excite him. What is really driving him crazy is not getting any of Charlotte's money. You never saw a Communist behave so badly about being taxed; I've no doubt you would behave just as badly if you were in his shoes!;" including an autograph postscript.
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