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- 16 Aug. 1932 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet, 1 envelope
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(With an envelope.)
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Trinity College | Cambridge
16 Aug. 1932
My dear Gerald,
I am glad to hear of your whereabouts, and that you enjoy your life there, though how you attached yourself to the Guards, and why it is the Irish Guards, are mysteries which I will not trouble you to explain. In this weather Pirbright Camp is certainly a better place than London.
I spent half of June in France and most of July with my brothers in Worcestershire and Somerset. Now I do not expect much to take any more holiday.
When you get back perhaps you would come here and stay with me some week-end, though after the 20th Cambridge will be very empty.
Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.
[Direction on envelope:] Gerald Jackson Esq. | Att./1st Bn. Irish Guards | Brigade of Guards Officer’s Mess | Pirbright Camp | Woking
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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 9 p.m. on 16 August.
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- Irish Guards (Subject)