Typed letter signed : Old Park, Penn [near High Wycombe], to Tom Turner, 1947 Jan. 11.

Record ID: 
292386
Accession number: 
MA 2234.65
Author: 
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
Credit: 
Gift of Gordon N. Ray, 1962.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 11.4 x 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes: 

With postmark and stamp.
Signed "Jack."
Part of a large collection of autograph and typed letters from Walter de la Mare to Tom Turner. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2234.1-84).

Summary: 

Discussing books; mentioning a "sudden annoucement" that made it impossible for Turner to have "peaceful and mind-quiet time at Christmas" [perhaps the engagement of Mary, Turner's daughter?]; saying that he hopes "all will come well" since Turner doesn't "actually disapprove"; noting that althought his first daughter's engagement "was quite a happy one," he also "nearly wept."

Provenance: 
Gordon N. Ray.