| Content Description | Addresses her 'Dear Catherine'; opens 'yes, you would grieve for him too - had you seen his [Lawrence] splendid fight to the last'; his dying was 'courageous' and 'inspiring'; the funeral was 'very simple'; she misses him 'terribly' and adds that she is glad she saw him through; his grave is at a 'charming cemetery overlooking the sea, orange trees underneath in terraces'; ends 'but I am sad'; signed 'Frieda'.
Date: the letter is undated but was written soon after the death of D.H. Lawrence in 1930; the envelope has been annotated 'March 1930', possibly by John Carswell.
Includes a plain envelope (CC C 2/8/2) addressed to Mrs Catherine Carswell, 3 Parkhill Studios, Parkhill Rd, London, NW3; the envelope bears one blue 150f stamp and is postmarked Ba[..., 30], the remainder of the postmark being unclear; a pencil annotation, possibly by John Carswell, adds 'March 1930' |