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Featured Letter
from Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 to Montgomery, Peter Stephen, 1909-1988
Letter No. VWL4852
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Peter Montgomery
Letter No.: VWL4852
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
[late December, mid 1930s]
Dear Peter
Thankyou so much for the Xmas card.
How goes music in Belfast?
Yrs
R Vaughan Williams
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Date estimated; between 1933 and 1938 when Montgomery was in Belfast, and assumed to be shortly after Christmas.
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Shelfmark Copy:MS Mus. 1714/2/6, f. 56
