Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/158
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Villa Mirenda, Scandicci, Florence to his sister [Ada Clarke]; 28 Oct. 1926
Date	28 October 1926
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; enquires why she hasn't written for a while, whether she is depressed by the miners' strike or whether business is picking up; discusses Gertie [Cooper]'s illness, and Joan [King, Lawrence's neice] needing her tonsils removed; comments on the Italian weather; had lunch with Aldous Huxley and his wife; hasn't heard anything about the play; enquires about various family members; signed 'Love! DHL'.
Term	industrial unrest, strikes, miners strike of 1926
	health, Gertie Cooper
	health, Joan King
	weather, Italy
	dramatic productions, plays, D.H. Lawrence
Physical Description	Written in blue ink on both sides of a sheet of cream ribbed paper; dimensions are 210 x 265mm
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989) vol V, pp 565-566.

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
NA75072	King; Joan Frieda (1920-); niece of D.H. Lawrence	1920-
NA383	Huxley; Aldous (1894-1963); novelist and essayist	1894-1963
NA75096	Huxley; Maria (1898-1955); née Nys; married Aldous Huxley 1919	1898-1955