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MCPP/GM/3/2/1915/23
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, c. 26 December 1915
Date(s)
- c. 26 December 1915 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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(18 June 1886 - 1924)
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Hopes he had a nice Christmas and tells him what she received from Marjorie, Mildred, Bob [Major Robert Morgan, husband of Ruth sister Mildred], and her father. She has not gone to church due to feeling unwell. Discusses her book The Meaning of Good. Explains that the house is busy so she will seek quiet in the nursery with the baby. Asks for the Pen y Pass address.
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Clare was their first child and she was born on 18 September.
G. Lowes Dickinson, Lowes Goldsworthy, The Meaning of Good
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F/GM/IV/2
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- Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Marjorie May (1889-1972), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Morgan [née Turner], Mildred (1892-1985), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Millikan [née Mallory], Frances Clare (1915-2001), daughter of George Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray (1853-1937), architect and amateur china painter, father of Ruth Mallory (Subject)