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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, 2 May 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/80
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He leaves tonight, would like The Cambridge Magazine forwarded

Dates: 2 May 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw to E.J. Dent and Theo [Bartholomew], Wimbledon Common, 16 Sep. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/67
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Has contracted a bad cold; may miss their rendezvous; alternative plans

Dates: 16 Sep. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 11 Sep. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/66
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Has been sent home for six weeks, 'as something has gone rather unpleasantly wrong with my stomach'; plans to come to Cambridge, thence to Cornwall with his family

Dates: 11 Sep. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 20 Sep. 1915 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/68
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Has been ordered back to bed; a projected demonstration in Cambridge of the ?Clutsam cradle

Dates: 20 Sep. 1915 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 29 Oct. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/70
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Appointments to meet friends; 'The board offered me an extension of two months. In a moment of moral cowardice, I bargained for one only'; has to have daily injections

Dates: 29 Oct. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 5 Nov. 1915 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/71
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Hopes the party [to celebrate Charles Harman's 21st birthday] will come off

Dates: 5 Nov. 1915 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 11 Nov. 1915 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/72
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Regrets Mr Hext will not be able to attend the party; further arrangements

Dates: 11 Nov. 1915 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 22 Nov. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/73
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Arrangements for a meeting

Dates: 22 Nov. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, Jan. 1916 ('Wednesday')

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/75
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Has had a relapse; hopes to convalesce in Cambridge; will have to miss Pan, but sends his best wishes to [Cyril] Rootham

Dates: Jan. 1916 ('Wednesday')
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 24 Jan. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/76
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Is still confined to bed; plans to visit Cambridge; hopes Dent will escape conscription

Dates: 24 Jan. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 27 Jan. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/77
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Has to postpone his plans as he is to appear before a medical board

Dates: 27 Jan. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 6 Feb. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/78
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Has been given a month's leave for a complete rest, and wishes to visit Cambridge; has met Raymond's mother, and Geoffrey Garrett

Dates: 6 Feb. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Raffaello Piccoli, Pro Italia Committee, Regent St, 15 Sep. 1915 (Possibly 18 Sep.?)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/25
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Acknowledges receipt of Dent's paper; musical contributions from leading composers

Dates: 15 Sep. 1915 (Possibly 18 Sep.?)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Ralph Vaughn Williams [Composer], Cheyne Walk, 1914 (Circa, undated (late 1914?))

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/V/2
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Is grateful to Dent for his offer [apparently to copy parts for VW's London or Pastoral symphony] and will, in some measure, take him up on the offer

Dates: 1914 (Circa, undated (late 1914?))
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Ralph Vaughn Williams [Composer], Cheyne Walk, 1914 (Circa, undated)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/V/3
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Encloses promised short score and music paper; saw Denis Browne yesterday, and will be happy to help with Dent's book where possible

Dates: 1914 (Circa, undated)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Ralph Vaughn Williams [Composer], Cheyne Walk, 26 Feb. 1918 (Circa, year taken from postmark)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/V/5
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His brother-in-law H.A.L. Fisher is optimistic of obtaining backing to start 'English Opera'; has proposed that Fisher talk to Dent as representative of 'the younger generation'

Dates: 26 Feb. 1918 (Circa, year taken from postmark)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From S. Sweet, Parsons Green, 24 Nov. 1839-24 Nov. 1843 (circa, no year given)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8189/46
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: In the following correspondence, which mostly relates to the various aspects of Pamplin's business career, are represented many of the leading botanists of the middle decades of the nineteenth century. A similar, though larger, collection is in the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor (Pamplin Papers); and other letters, diaries and notebooks are held at the National Library of Wales (MSS 7492-7509). The following letters are mounted on paper, frequently two letters to a...
Dates: 24 Nov. 1839-24 Nov. 1843 (circa, no year given)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Siegfried Sassoon, 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, 24 Apr. 1917 (Circa, 'Monday', date taken from postmark)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/36
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Has been wounded in the shoulder; would like to see Dent, and copies of The Cambridge Magazine

Dates: 24 Apr. 1917 (Circa, 'Monday', date taken from postmark)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Siegfried Sassoon, [American Red Cross Hospital], Lancaster Gate, Aug. 1918 (Circa, 'Saturday')

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/50
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Has had a large number of visitors; would like Dent to come on Monday

Dates: Aug. 1918 (Circa, 'Saturday')
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Siegfried Sassoon, [American Red Cross Hospital, Lancaster Gate], Aug. 1918 ('Sunday')

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/51
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Is not allowed visitors until Tuesday; asks Dent to 'phone before visiting; A Room With A View is 'just what I wanted'; Counter-Attack reviewed in The Observer

Dates: Aug. 1918 ('Sunday')
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Siegfried Sassoon, Kensington

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/55
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Trying to arrange a lunch meeting

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Siegfried Sassoon, Kensington, Feb. 1916 (Circa, 'Sunday')

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/15
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Hopes to see Dent in London, while on leave

Dates: Feb. 1916 (Circa, 'Sunday')
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Siegfried Sassoon, Mayfair, 8 June 1917 (Circa, 'Friday', date taken from postmark)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/41
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Has written to 'the CB' asking to see him in Cambridge; will call on Dent

Dates: 8 June 1917 (Circa, 'Friday', date taken from postmark)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Siegfried Sassoon, Mayfair, June 1917 (Circa, 'Wednesday')

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/42
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Arrangements for visit to Cambridge, to be 'inspected by this Military Don'; has not been declared unfit for foreign service

Dates: June 1917 (Circa, 'Wednesday')
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [Composer and Author], Royal College of Music, 6 Oct. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/23
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Did not return from America in time to send anything to Piccoli; welcomes Dent's work on 17th-century English opera; Clive Carey is 'well fitted with his job and must be a godsend to the soldiers with his singing'

Dates: 6 Oct. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).