Subseries DP/VD/33 - Letter from Edward Thomas to Eleanor Farjeon

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DP/VD/33

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Letter from Edward Thomas to Eleanor Farjeon

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  • 21 October 1914, 1948 (Creation)

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1 document, 1 volume

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Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education
(1990 - 2001)

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University of Gloucestershire
(2001 - present)

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University of Gloucestershire Special Collections and Archives

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Purchased from Keith Smart Books on 1 July 2003

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Letter contained in book "The Prose of Edward Thomas" selected by Roland Gant. Volume inscribed "To dearest Joan from Nellie Christmas 1954" [Eleanor Farjeon's handwriting]

Letter published in "The Last Four Years" by Eleanor Farjeon, page 101. Responds to news that Eleanor's brother Herbert [Bertie] is to be married to Joan Thornycroft daughter of Sir Hamo Thornycroft RA, sculptor. Joan was also, via her aunt Theresa Sassoon née Thornycroft, first cousin to Siegfried Sassoon

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