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TitlePostcard from D.H. Lawrence, [Hotel Monte Carlo, Av. Uruguay, Mexico] to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire; 17 Nov. [1923]
Date17 November 1923
Extent1 item
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionInforms her that he is sailing from Vera Cruz on 22 [Nov.], and is due to arrive in Plymouth on 12 Dec.; will see them all before the New Year; signed 'DHL'.

Verso of the postcard has an unidentified photograph of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan.

Contains a red one penny stamp, and a green half penny stamp, postmarked in Ripley, Derbyshire 5 Dec. 1923.

Date: Part of date is obscured by stamp; date provided is based on Warren Roberts, James T. Boulton and Elizabeth Mansfield (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987) vol IV, p 535.
Termtravel, D.H. Lawrence
travel, Mexico to England
maritime voyages, D.H. Lawrence
ancient monuments, pyramids
Physical DescriptionWritten in blue ink on the recto of a postcard; text is written with postcard placed vertically, address written horizontally; dimensions are 140 x 90 mm.
Publication NoteWarren Roberts, James T. Boulton and Elizabeth Mansfield (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987) vol IV, p 535.

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA42Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer1885-1930
NA368Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence1887-1948
Places
CodeSet
PL5707/Veracruz/Mexico
PL139/England
PL297/Teotihuacan/Mexico
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