Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/48
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Villa Mirenda, Scandicci, Italy to Gertrude Cooper; 5 Oct. 1926
Date	5 October 1926
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Gertie'; sympathises over her stay at Mundesley Sanatorium; describes Scandicci and the Villa Mirenda; mentions that Enid Hopkin came to tea with them at Hampstead, and discusses other members of the Hopkin family; reports that Richard Aldington and 'Arabella' [Dorothy Yorke] are coming to stay; speculates about going home for Christmas; signed 'DHL'.
Term	health, Gertrude Cooper
	hospitals, sanatoriums
	social visits
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on both sides of 2 sheets of lightly ribbed cream paper; dimensions are 110 x 177 mm.
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey, eds. 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987) vol V, pp 547-548.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA74593	Cooper; Gertrude (1885-1942); known as 'Gertie' or 'Grit'; childhood friend of D.H. Lawrence	1885-1942
NA337	Hilton; Enid (1896-1992); Mrs; née Hopkin	1896-1992
NA3486	Hilton; Laurence E. (c.1882-); civil servant; m. Enid Hopkin 1921 divorced	c.1882-
NA3492	Hopkin; William Edward (1862-1951); prominent figure in the political and intellectual life of Eastwood	1862-1951
NA3491	Hopkin; Sallie A. (-1923); née Potter; wife of W.E. Hopkin	-1923
NA256	Aldington; Richard (1892-1962); novelist and biographer	1892-1962
NA75090	Yorke; Dorothy (1892-); known as 'Arabella'; partner of Richard Aldington	1892-