Record ID:
314672
Accession number:
MA 7799.93
Credit:
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes:
Year of writing inferred from contents of letter; Canon Rawnsley's first wife died in December 1916 and he married his secretary, Eleanor Simpson, June 1, 1918.
Written on stationery embossed "Allan Bank, / Grasmere."
Part of a large collection of letters to Joan Severn. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Summary:
Thanking her for her kind letter; talking about how important Eleanor Simpson has become to him and with whom he has "found an unbreakable bond & a most sympathetic & capable comrade;"; inviting her to visit him at Allan Bank.
Provenance:
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
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