Item 3 - Letter from John Simon to his mother, Fanny Allsebrook

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Letter from John Simon to his mother, Fanny Allsebrook

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  • 15 Dec 1896 (Creation)

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1 Letter (3 folios, double-sided) and 1 envelope

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Written on official Manchester Guardian stationery. Discussing his new job at the Guardian, what it entails and where he is now living. Also discussing his (girlfriend/fiancee?) Ethel, and the old family house. Also includes handwritten rectangular cream coloured official stationary envelope of Wadham Coillege, Oxford, with one penny lilac stamp. Postmarked 15 December 1896, Oxford.

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