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Letter to “Dear Boy” [Edward Rose] from Dolly [Dorothy Rose], 1 August 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 10138/3/157

Scope and Contents

On paper headed “30 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead” but likely sent from Sussex where she and Lizzie Rose were staying with friends.

Dorothy writes that they are flourishing there; Kathleen and Mrs Davis were there with the boys; she went for a ride with Kathie and got caught in a storm; on Tuesday they went to the mouth of the Cuck [Cuckmere] and had tea by the coastguard station; she and Susie caught 2 more admirals [butterflies] so call the lane where they caught them Admiralty Lane; he should look out for Mr Vermeyer at Victoria station on Friday as he may come by same train; and Edith Humphreys was going to mend her boat.
She asks him to bring [books] ‘Butterfly and Moth Collecting’ and ‘Flowers of the Wayside and Woodland’ and sends kisses for him and Rue [their dog].

Dates

  • Creation: 1 August 1900

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/.

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138

Extent

1 item(s) (1 letter)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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