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Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/140
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, 73 Gower Street, London W.C. 1 to his sister [Ada Clarke]; [26 Oct. 1925]
Date	26 October 1925
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; confirms that the suit from Eddie [Ada's husband] has arrived; complains about how the English weather affects his health; informs her that they leave on Thursday [for Germany]; discusses social news, including meetings with Margaret Kennedy, Rose Macaulay, William Gerhardi[e] and Cynthia and Herbert Asquith; jokes about possibly being invited to Hadden Hall by the Duke of Rutland; tells her about the success of 'Movements in European History'; sends thanks for the malt and fowl; signed 'Love DHL'. An additional note at the head of the letter refers to a cablegram from Curtis Browns which he hasn't received. Date: Letter is dated 'Monday'; date provided is from James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) vol V, pp 324-325.
Term	travel, plans, D.H. Lawrence
	social visits, D.H. Lawrence
	health, D.H. Lawrence
	publications, histories, D.H. Lawrence 'Movements in European History'
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on both sides of two sheets of cream paper; dimensions are 200 x 125mm.
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) vol V, pp 324-325.

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
NA74593	Cooper; Gertrude (1885-1942); known as 'Gertie' or 'Grit'; childhood friend of D.H. Lawrence	1885-1942
NA169	Lawrence; Frieda (1879-1956); née von Richthofen; married Ernest Weekley 1899 D.H. Lawrence 1914 Antonio Ravagli 1950	1879-1956
NA74686	Asquith; Herbert (1881-1947); known as 'Beb'; husband of Lady Cynthia Asquith son of Henry Herbert Asquith prime minister 1908-1916; barrister	1881-1947
NA5840	Asquith; Cynthia M.E. (1887-1960); Lady; writer; daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss; m. Herbert Asquith 1910	1887-1960
NA74644	Clarke; William Edwin (1889-1964); known as 'Eddie'; married Ada Lawrence 1913	1889-1964
NA74816	Curtis Brown Limited; literary agents
NA75533	Gerhardie; William Alexander (1895-1977); novelist and critic	1895-1977
NA77658	Kennedy; Margaret (1896-1967); novelist and playwright; wrote under her maiden name; married David Davies 1925, who was knighted in 1952	1896-1967
NA77659	Manners; John Henry Montagu (1886-1940); 9th Duke of Rutland; succ. his father May 1925	1886-1940
NA77660	Macaulay; Rose (1881-1958); Dame; English novelist; born Emilie Rose Macaulay	1881-1958