Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/136
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Oaxaca, [Mexico] to his sister [Ada Clarke]; 30 Jan. 1925
Date	30 January 1925
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; has received the photograph of their father, sees 'a good deal' of himself in it; speculates about travel arrangements to Mexico City and afterwards to England; is sending her a sarape and a puma skin for Emily; discusses Christmas festivities; informs her that [Dorothy] Brett has gone to look after the ranch before their return; discusses the Mexican weather and a recent earthquake, also family news, including Barby [Weekley]'s engagement, and Bertie II [Ada's son William Herbert Clarke]; signed 'DHL'.
Term	travel, plans, D.H. Lawrence
	gifts
	earthquakes, Mexico
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on both sides of a single sheet of cream paper; dimensions are 267 x 207mm.
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) vol V, pp 208-209.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA368	Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1887-1948
NA3423	Brett; Dorothy Eugenie (1883-1977); artist; daughter of 2nd Viscount Esher	1883-1977
NA3537	Clarke; William Herbert (1923-); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence	1923-
NA3377	Barr; Barbara (1904-1998); née Weekley; daughter of Frieda and Ernest Weekley	1904-1998
NA382	King; Emily Una (1882-1962); Mrs; née Lawrence; known as 'Pamela'; married Samuel King 1904; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1882-1962