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Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/153
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Villa Mirenda, Scandicci, Florence to his sister [Ada Clarke]; [14 Jun. 1926]
Date	14 June 1926
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; discusses the miners' strike in Britain; encloses £5 for the hammock; comments on the bad weather in Italy; Frieda isn't anxious to go to Germany or England, but they will go; they visited the Sitwells, who are 'such an odd couple'; informs her that [Dorothy] Brett is back at the ranch [in Questa, New Mexico] with Rachel Hawk; also that Richard Aldington and 'Arabella' [Dorothy Yorke] have delayed their visit until the autumn; discusses staying at Mablethorpe when they visit England; is sending her a Laughing Horse - DHL number; signed 'Love. DHL'.
Term	industrial unrest, strikes, miners strike of 1926
	publications, periodicals, 'Laughing Horse'
	travel, to England
	travel, plans, D.H. Lawrence
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on both sides of a sheet of cream paper; dimensions are 132 x 220mm
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) vol V, pp 475-476.

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
NA169	Lawrence; Frieda (1879-1956); née von Richthofen; married Ernest Weekley 1899 D.H. Lawrence 1914 Antonio Ravagli 1950	1879-1956
NA3423	Brett; Dorothy Eugenie (1883-1977); artist; daughter of 2nd Viscount Esher	1883-1977
NA5372	Hawk; Rachel Woodman (1898-1992); wife of William Hawk; dairy farmer nr. Kiowa Ranch New Mexico	1898-1992
NA68708	Sitwell; George Reresby (1860-1943); 4th Baronet; succ. 1862	1860-1943
NA77663	Sitwell; Ida Emily Agusta; Lady; née Denison; m. Sir George Reresby Sitwell, bart., 1886
NA256	Aldington; Richard (1892-1962); novelist and biographer	1892-1962
NA75090	Yorke; Dorothy (1892-); known as 'Arabella'; partner of Richard Aldington	1892-