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Letter from Ellen Van Volkenburg, Totnes, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1960 June 23 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447133
Accession number
MA 4939.20
Creator
Van Volkenburg, Ellen, 1882-1978, sender.
Display Date
Totnes, England, 1960 June 23
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25 x 20.8 cm
Notes
Address panel stamped and postmarked on air Air Mail stationary: "Dr. Edward Wagenknecht, / 233 Otis Street, / West Newton, 65, / Massachusetts, / U.S.A." from "E.V.V. Browne / Quarrenden, / Totnes, Devon".
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Expressing affection for Totnes; updating on the editing of "Miss Aunt Nellie"; updating on eye troubles; lamenting the 1960 U-2 Incident; describing a "huge syringa bush in full flower"; expressing pleasure that Wagenknecht's book, "Nathaniel Hawthorne: Man and Writer" is complete; informing that she just read Michael Straight's novel, "Carrington" and giving a largely positive impression.