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La - D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Collection, 1865-2000s
We - Papers of the Weekley Family, 1865-1985, in the D.H. Lawrence Collection
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La We 1/7
Title
Letter from Frieda Lawrence, El Prado, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A. to Montague Weekley; 10 Nov. 1950
Date
10 November 1950
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Enquires if he knew she and Angelino had got married; they can now become American citizens; the only person whose reaction she cares about is his; had enjoyed a recent visit from the Huxleys; now preparing to go to Port Isabel, Texas; has heard from Cynthia Asquith; comments upon how rich and full her life is for an old woman; she hopes to have the courage to visit as she wants to see his children; mentions that she retains the name of Lawrence and that Angelino's divorce is not valid in Italy.
PS Had not heard from 'Barby' [Barbara Barr] 'of her troubles'; asks for news of the children; asks if he could get a temporary job in America.
Term
marriage, Frieda Lawrence and Angelo Ravagli
Copyright
The Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli
ReprodnNote
The University of Nottingham
Physical Description
Autograph in blue/green ink on a single folio of white paper. Dimensions are 279 x 212 mm; paper has one horizontal and two vertical folds.
Publication Note
E.W. Tedlock, ed. 'Frieda Lawrence The Memoirs and Correspondence' (London: Heinemann, 1961) pp 296-97
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA5840
Asquith; Cynthia M.E. (1887-1960); Lady; writer; daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss; m. Herbert Asquith 1910
1887-1960
NA383
Huxley; Aldous (1894-1963); novelist and essayist
1894-1963
NA3377
Barr; Barbara (1904-1998); née Weekley; daughter of Frieda and Ernest Weekley
1904-1998
NA3498
Ravagli; Angelo (1891-1976); married Frieda Lawrence 1950
1891-1976
NA169
Lawrence; Frieda (1879-1956); née von Richthofen; married Ernest Weekley 1899 D.H. Lawrence 1914 Antonio Ravagli 1950
1879-1956
NA3383
Weekley; Charles Montague (1900-1982); son of Ernest and Frieda Weekley
1900-1982
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