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MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/172
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 4 November 1916
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- 4 November 1916 (Creation)
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1 Item, paper
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(18 June 1886 - 1924)
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Discusses cutting back the ivy at the Holt. Updates him on Clare’s progress. Describes Violet’s visit to the dentist and tells him about her father’s health. Informs him of the feeling of depression sweeping through the country over the war. Discusses Mary and Ralph’s position in the war. Informs him she will not be meeting the Bishop but will be meeting Mrs Radcliffe and will gather him news of Charthouse. Discusses news on the war given to Mrs Reade by Geoffrey Young. Hopes that he will get leave soon.
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F/GM/V/2
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- Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)
- Graves, Robert (1895–1985), poet and novelist (Subject)
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray (1853-1937), architect and amateur china painter, father of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Millikan [née Mallory], Frances Clare (1915-2001), daughter of George Mallory (Subject)
- Reade, Herbert (active 1911, 1923), early climbing friend of George Mallory (Subject)
- Brooke [née Mallory], Mary (1885-1983), sister of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)