BIB_ID
449221
Accession number
MA 23840.284
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1966 October 23
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 30.5 x 18.3 cm
Notes
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked October 23, 1966.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Saying how much he misses her after her short trip to New York, and wishing she and Jhab could return; saying Merchant Ivory has taken an office, which he is furnishing from thrift shops; saying he is "tired of all this" and wants to go back to see them in India; describing a "dinner at Stella's where Jim and Stella both fell asleep snoring to the horror of painters, photographers, and producers like me"; looking forward to working on "Esmond in India."
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