BIB_ID
431908
Accession number
MA 1617.455
Creator
Whibley, Charles, 1859-1930.
Display Date
Great Brickhill, England, 1916-1924? December 19.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.1 cm
Notes
Written from "Broomhill House, / Great Brickhill, / Bletchley" on stationery engraved with the address.
Housed with five additional letters from Whibley (MA 1617.453, MA 1617.454, MA 1617.456, MA 1617.457 and MA 1617.458). MA 1617.458 is in an unknown hand with Whibley's signature.
The year of writing is not given however Whibley moved to Broomhill House in 1916. Mrs. Henley died February 5, 1925.
Housed with five additional letters from Whibley (MA 1617.453, MA 1617.454, MA 1617.456, MA 1617.457 and MA 1617.458). MA 1617.458 is in an unknown hand with Whibley's signature.
The year of writing is not given however Whibley moved to Broomhill House in 1916. Mrs. Henley died February 5, 1925.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Sending Christmas greetings; saying "The enclosed came to you and I send it on. I sometimes hear of you from Walter Blaikie, & I do hope that you are keeping well. I have been ill the greater part of the year, but I am glad to say I am getting better now. With my very best wishes for Christmas & the New Year."
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