BIB_ID
441161
Accession number
MA 13112.57
Creator
Gaselee, S. (Stephen), 1882-1943, sender.
Display Date
Cambridge, England, 1915 June 6
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on printed stationery from: Magdalene College, / Cambridge.
Forms part of a collection chiefly composed of letters received from friends and associates of the English publisher Thomas Balston (1883-1967); see: MA 13112.
Forms part of a collection chiefly composed of letters received from friends and associates of the English publisher Thomas Balston (1883-1967); see: MA 13112.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking him for a letter of condolence on the death of Gaselee's younger brother; remarking that he glad that Balston is going to be a Staff-Captain and that it is "absurd that people with both brains and experience should not be used for the thinking part of the Army."; writing that the University is at present very dull, although they had soldiers and officers from the Cheshire Territorials staying over the winter; mentioning that "Mavro" (i.e. John Mavrogordato) visited him and tha he is going to Bognor to meet "Mrs. M.".
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