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Letter from Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, to James Ivory, New York, New York, [1964] March 17 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
448567
Accession number
MA 23840.179
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, [1964] March 17
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Year from postmark.
Date and last line handwritten.
Aerogramme addressed to Shri James Ivory, 143 East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked March 17, 1964.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Describing this morning's meeting at the Reserve Bank, and the ramifications for MIP and the Finance Ministry, in the ongoing affair of the Indian release of "The Householder"; reminding Ivory that he is leaving for Delhi tomorrow; saying "I am terribly depressed and upset"; mentioning his despairing letter from the day before and claiming the stress is damaging his health; telling Ivory that Ruth wants to spend a month on Juhu Beach in Bombay, and he has arranged to rent a cottage there for all of them; asking Ivory to send a copy of a promissory note to "Jhab's address," which he will sign, as well as the negatives of some production stills.