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TitleLetter from D.H. Lawrence, Fontana Vecchia, Taormina, Sicily to his Uncle [Fritz Krenkow]; 20 Mar. 1920
Date20 March 1920
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionAddresses him as 'My dear Uncle'; confirms that he has received his letter of 7th March; is sorry he had so much trouble with the velvet, and says that he will ask Miss [Marie] Hubrecht to see to the matter; gives his opinion on Monte Cassino and Sicily in general; urges him to bring Auntie [Ada Krenkow, née Beardsall] to visit; signed 'With love from both, DHL'.
Termtravel, Sicily, D.H. Lawrence
Physical DescriptionWritten in dark ink on both sides of a sheet of flimsy cream paper; dimensions are 180 x 200 mm; top of the sheet has a jagged edge, probably torn from a notepad.
Publication NoteJames T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson, eds. 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, pp 489-490

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA42Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer1885-1930
NA74661Krenkow; Fritz Johann Heinrich (1872-1953); married Ada Beardsall 1896; Arabic scholar1872-1953
NA74598Krenkow; Ada Rose (1868-1944); née Beardsall; maternal aunt of D.H. Lawrence married Fritz Krenkow 18961868-1944
NA376Hubrecht; Marie (1865-1950); 'Tuttie'; painter1865-1950
Places
CodeSet
PL1599/Taormina/Sicily/Italy
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