Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/19
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, 32 Well Walk, Hampstead to his Aunt Lettice Ada Berry [née Beardsall]; 14 Oct. 1918
Date	14 October 1918
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'Dear Aunt Lettie'; tells of his grief and shock at the news of Hedley's death [son of John and Lettice Berry]; sends condolences; discusses death and the afterlife; requests to be remembered to Ivy and Douglas [their other children?], and hopes to see them again; signed 'Your affec. nephew D.H. Lawrence'.
Term	bereavement, news of
Copyright	Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on one side of 2 sheets of flimsy cream paper; dimensions are 120 x 200 mm.
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson, eds. 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, pp 290-291

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA74615	Berry; Lettice Ada (1857-1938); née Beardsall; maternal aunt of D.H. Lawrence	1857-1938
NA77484	Berry; Hedley (-1918); son of John and Lettice Berry; D.H. Lawrence's cousin	-1918
NA77485	Berry; Douglas (fl 1918); son of John and Lettice Berry; D.H. Lawrence's cousin	fl 1918
NA77486	Berry?; Ivy (fl 1918); daughter of John and Lettice Berry?; D.H. Lawrence's cousin	fl 1918