Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joan and Martin Shaw
Letter No. VWL4201
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joan and Martin Shaw
Letter No.: VWL4201
URSULA WOOD, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS,
57, GORDON MANSIONS, THE WHITE GATES,
TORRINGTON PLACE, W.C.1. DORKING, SURREY.
[1 February, 1953]
Dear Joan & Martin1
YOU WILL, WE THINK, NOT BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO MARRY SHORTLY.
OUR ADDRESSES WILL BE AS ABOVE FOR THE PRESENT, TILL WE FIND A SUITABLE HOUSE.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR BLESSING.
(No flowers!)2
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Ursula
RVW
1. Greeting line and initials by VW.
2. Added by Ursula Wood, with signature.
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Date from postmark (“1 Feb 1953”); addressed to: Dr & Mrs Martin Shaw, Long Island House, Southwold, Suffolk.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1767/3/1/1/12 (1)
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Shelfmark Copy:MS Mus. 1714/1/29, f.27
