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Reference code
MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/58
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 3 July 1916
Date(s)
- 3 July 1916 (Creation)
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1 Item, paper
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(18 June 1886 - 1924)
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Expresses her anxiety over the war and hopes he is safe. Informs him that Olive's husband is being sent back to the trenches. Describes her activities that week; visit from Owen, Playing with the children in the garden, picking strawberries with Mary Anne and Marjorie and going for walks. Describes the weather and asks him about the weather in France. Tells him she misses his company. She is planning a skiing holiday with Owen and Mary Anne. Informs him they have made £50 from the sale of her father's fir trees from the common. Informs him she has received his letter.
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Former reference
F/GM/IV/4
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Name access points
- Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)
- O'Malley [née Saunders], Mary Anne (1888-1974), author (Subject)
- Turner, Marjorie May (1889-1972), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray (1853-1937), architect and amateur china painter, father of Ruth Mallory (Subject)