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Reference code
MCPP/GM/3/2/1918/82
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 18 December 1918
Date(s)
- 18 December 1918 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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(18 June 1886 - 1924)
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Scope and content
Describes her activities shopping, going to lunch, and visiting friends. Tells him about her conversation with Ka regarding speaking to a man at the Ministry of Labour to get him brought back to Charterhouse as a solider. Updates him on Ka and Will's news. Describes her journey home on a wine cart. Acknowledges his letter telling her not to use the spare room as a nursery. Asks him if he can order reading glasses.
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Note
Ruth dates the letter 19 December, in the next letter notes she made a mistake and should be 18 December.
[MCPP/GM/3/2/1918/83]
Alternative identifier(s)
Former reference
F/GM/VI/5
Access points
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Name access points
- Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Marjorie May (1889-1972), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Millikan [née Mallory], Frances Clare (1915-2001), daughter of George Mallory (Subject)
- Robertson [née Mallory], Beridge (Berry) Ruth (1917-1953), daughter of George Mallory (Subject)
- Keynes, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887-1982), surgeon and literary scholar (Subject)