BIB_ID
447473
Accession number
MA 4133.11
Creator
Bolton, Guy, 1882-1979, sender.
Display Date
Nantucket (M.A.), 1966 July 28
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Hillman, Jr., 1980.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.2 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Autograph note by June Tripp at top right: From Guy Bolton. / July 28th 1966 / Less than 3 weeks / before Eddie died.
Addressed "My dear sweet June".
Addressed "My dear sweet June".
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Edward Hillman, Jr., 1980.
Summary
Informing that her letter was delayed due to bad weather; informing that he is going to meet Betty Cromwell; responding to news of a crisis related to, Edward Hillman's [her husband] struggles with alcoholism with mention of Virginia de Lanty's struggles with alcoholism and how it affected their relationship; informing that his mother, his daughter Joan, and a close friend killed themselves due to alcoholism; discussing the disease and wishing he could help; informing that de Lanty believes a plot of Tripp's is original; praying for her but doubting its efficacy.
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