BIB_ID
401280
Accession number
MA 4210.25
Creator
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964.
Display Date
[1940?].
Credit line
Purchased, 1983.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 14.0 cm
Notes
On stationery engraved "Cliveden / Taplow."
The letter is undated, however Lady Astor refers to the birth of a baby girl which may date the letter to the birth of Shivaun O'Casey in 1940.
The letter is undated, however Lady Astor refers to the birth of a baby girl which may date the letter to the birth of Shivaun O'Casey in 1940.
Provenance
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund in honor of Mrs. Vincent Astor, February 1983.
Summary
Saying "What a time...to have a baby...I am so sorry I hastily send you this & wish it was more but we are not as we were & even my savings are being used. - Please keep well & I hope I shall see you both soon...;" adding "My Bill is in Egypt & Michael & John ready to go - What about Russia now - It's just [illegible] being destroyed."
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