Item 77 - Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 29 July 1916

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MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/77

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Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 29 July 1916

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  • 29 July 1916 (Creation)

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Describes the weather. Expresses her anxiety over the danger he is in and discusses her thoughts on his happiness in adventure. Discusses the details of his previous letter and reassures him about his feelings towards their own troops being shelled by their own guns being his fault. Discusses the issue of men and work. Describes a trip to the river that her father and Mildred made with Clare and the Cockerell children. Describes a letter she received from Marjorie about life on the farm. Tells him her father was amused by his retort regarding potatoes.

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      F/GM/IV/4

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