Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Walter de la Mare, Penn, Buckinghamshire, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1940 September 23 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
454253
Accession number
MA 4817.11
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.9 x 17.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Written on blue stationery typed with "The Old Park / PENN / Bucks."
Envelope with censor's label, stamped and postmarked to "Mr Edward Wagenknecht / University of Washington / Department of English / Seattle / USA."
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Congratulating him on the birth of his son "David Bradford"; referencing a letter about "the Holt business"; describing bombings "every night can see the shells bursting miles high in this moonlight weather"; saying "it looks as if A.H.'s invasion project is a good deal more precarious than he expected"; saying it is difficult to work in the circumstances.