Ashbee, Janet Elizabeth, 1877-1961 (née Forbes and wife of Charles Robert Ashbee)
Dates
- Existence: 1877 - 1961
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Janet Ashbee (Hest Bank, near Lancaster) to Siegfried Sassoon congratulating him on receiving the Queen's Medal, 20 June 1957
A collection of 1094 letters, postcards and other items known as 'Sassoon's residual correspondence' although it does also include a number of items addressed to other persons particularly to his wife, Hester, and his mother, Theresa Thornycroft.
Letter from Janet Ashbee (Hest Bank) to Siegfried Sassoon, 27 Sep. 1957
Expressing her surprise and delight at reading of his conversion: 'You will not know loneliness again'. See also MS Add.9852/9/8/62.
Letter from Janet [Ashbee] (Hest Bank) to Siegfried Sassoon, 1957-1958 (circa)
Thanking him for his reply and expressing her happiness at his conversion. See also MS Add.9852/9/8/23.
Letter from Janet Ashbee to Siegfried Sassoon, 21 Sep. 1938
Praising 'The Old Century' and sharing reminiscences about 'Miss Stoy' and Weirleigh.
Letter from Janet Ashbee to Siegfried Sassoon, 5 Oct. 1938
Thanking Sassoon for a letter he had sent.