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Letter from Ellen Van Volkenburg, Totnes, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1968 May 30 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447198
Accession number
MA 4939.38
Creator
Van Volkenburg, Ellen, 1882-1978, sender.
Display Date
Totnes, England, 1968 May 30
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 24.9 x 20.7 cm
Notes
Address panel postmarked on air Air Mail stationary: "Mr. Edward Wagenknecht, / 233 Otis Street, / West Newton, / Massachusetts, 02165 / U.S.A." from "E.V.V. Browne / Quarrenden, / Totnes, / Devon".
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Informing that the day after mentioning how much she'd like to receive his book, "The Personality of Chaucer", it arrived; notifying that she is near Canterbury and Bath; wishing she had her volumes of Chaucer to consult, but being reminded of her summer in Ann Arbor, Michigan when she read them; musing on the nature of memory; wishing for a portrait of Chaucer to consult; being moved by his tribute to Edith Rickert, as well as his preface and introduction; stating that, based on his writings, he must be a happy person; thanking him for the book; describing spring flowers in Devon; describing a cracked ankle bone.