Item 49 - Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 24 June 1916

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MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/49

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Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 24 June 1916

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  • 24 June 1916 (Creation)

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Expresses her concern that letters from France may be stopped; requests that he keep a diary if so. She has sent him May and June issues of The Times and asks if he would like the New Statesman. Discusses the location of the Germans to Verdun. Wonders when he will be granted leave and shares her thoughts of women in war. Expresses her wish to have another baby and have Clare to herself without Violet; wonders if she would find it too taxing full time. Describes what life will be like for them after the war.

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F/GM/IV/3

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