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Miscellaneous letters to Helen Fox, 1933-1945
1933-01-16 Maureen Croly to Helen Fox Page 1
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1 [blind embossing in upper right] The Whyke House, Felpham, Bognor Regis. 16th January, 1933. Dear Helen, How can I possibly have let all this time pass without writing to tell you how very, very much I appreciate your exquisite gift to me! Of course, the pillowcases caused a sensation, both on account of their shape (most English ones button at the end, & fat pillows are always bursting out of their skins!) and of the work. Mother said they should be kept for my "bottom drawer" (I believe you call it "hope chest" -- a much nicer expression) but on my remarking that at that rate they
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1 [blind embossing in upper right] The Whyke House, Felpham, Bognor Regis. 16th January, 1933. Dear Helen, How can I possibly have let all this time pass without writing to tell you how very, very much I appreciate your exquisite gift to me! Of course, the pillowcases caused a sensation, both on account of their shape (most English ones button at the end, & fat pillows are always bursting out of their skins!) and of the work. Mother said they should be kept for my "bottom drawer" (I believe you call it "hope chest" -- a much nicer expression) but on my remarking that at that rate they
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