Item 269 - Letter from Desmond MacCarthy to R. C. Trevelyan

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TRER/4/269

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Letter from Desmond MacCarthy to R. C. Trevelyan

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  • [1904-1906?] (Creation)

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Burley, Nr Ringwood, Hants. - Marked 'Private and Confidential', though Trevelyan can share the contents with his wife 'if she wd be interested'. Has come down with Gerald Cornish and last night argued with him until two in the morning, but is afraid he has done no good: needs to say something which will be remembered 'when the glow of conversion [to Christian Science?] fades a little' . Gerald's family very anxious about this 'latest craze'; feels dejected but cannot give up at once. Thinks he might have seen Trevelyan at Joachim's concert on Monday, and draws a sketch to show where he was sitting in relation to the quartet; has 'seldom enjoyed a concert more'.

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      Pencil annotation at head of letter reads 'Date?', another 'c/o A Clough'; annotation at end reads: 'Toltoyan [sic] Wingate Farm Brendon. Feb 25 1900. 'Cornish and his sister. Same journey?' - which cannot be true, as Trevelyan did not marry until summer 1900.

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