BIB_ID
450321
Accession number
MA 23840.354
Creator
Noronha, Alan, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, 1967
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Original letter typed on L.F. Noronha & Sons letterhead; addressed to Mr. Ismail Merchant, Lexington International Inc., 655 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Enclosed in a letter from James Ivory to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dated April 10, 1967 [see MA 23840.357].
Enclosed in a letter from James Ivory to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dated April 10, 1967 [see MA 23840.357].
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Informing Merchant that he has sent him a cable stating "CONGRATULATIONS STOP BROKEN ALLINDIA RECORD LIBERTY STOP UNBELIEVABLE FIRST WEEK NETT RUPEES 68771 STOP"; repeating the messge in conversational English, and calling it "something unique.....most incredible!!!"
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