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Featured Letter
from Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 to Lemare, Iris Margaret Elsie, 1902-1997
Letter No. VWL2577
Letter from Adeline Vaughan Williams to Iris Lemare
Letter No.: VWL2577
Glenalla
Ray
Letterkenny
Co. Donegal
6 Sep 1926
From R. Vaughan Williams
Norfolk Rhapsody
Oxford University Press
Amen House
Warwick Square
EC4
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The address was the country home of the Franklin family, and Iris Lemare often visited them there. It is not clear how VW came to have some of their notepaper.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 288, f.1
