BIB_ID
401259
Accession number
MA 4210.18
Creator
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964.
Display Date
"Wednesday" [1935 January 16] .
Credit line
Purchased, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.1 x 13.9 cm
Notes
On stationery engraved "4, St. James's Square / S.W.1."
The letter is simply dated "Wednesday" but Lady Astor says "Since writing to you yesterday I have heard that another son has been added to your family." Niall O'Casey was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1935, therefore, it is likely this letter was written the following day.
The letter is simply dated "Wednesday" but Lady Astor says "Since writing to you yesterday I have heard that another son has been added to your family." Niall O'Casey was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1935, therefore, it is likely this letter was written the following day.
Provenance
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund in honor of Mrs. Vincent Astor, February 1983.
Summary
Sending her best wishes on the birth of their second son; adding, in a postscript, that she is very glad he is "coming to stay here for a bit."
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