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Featured Letter
from Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 to Piper, Miss
Letter No. VWL4064
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Misses Piper
Letter No.: VWL4064
[December] 1941
Fire Watching Jan & Feb
Thursday Jan 1st
Tuesday – 13
Tuesday – 27
Friday Feb 6
Wednesday Feb 18
Hours 11.p.m. – 7.0 A.M.
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VW was responsible for the fire-watching in his area during the war. This note dated 1942 in another hand; presumably referring to firewatching in January and February 1942.
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Shelfmark:8062/2/3
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Shelfmark Copy:R666