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Beaton/A/A4/35
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- 1931 (Creation)
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4 pages plus envelope, paper
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Autograph letter signed to family from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New York. Undated, but date inferred from content. Peter [Watson] sails tonight on the Bremen. They arrived back in New York via the Grand Canyon and Chicago, by train. He is getting all his Vogue and Vanity work in, and arranging to sell his Hollywood work. Expects to sail back on the 30th. Not sure whether to economise by moving to the Elysee Hotel. Adele [Astaire] is back and going to marry Charlie Cavendish once her show is over. Tallulah is good in pictures and is making another. Is sending some very good records, some of which are promised to people. Suggests people to whom they might be given: the Hoggs, Mala, Molly and possibly Oliver. Conde Nast has been ill, but is recovering. Asks how the tap-dancing is going. Longs to hear how the garden at Ashcombe is. Asks if Noble can make enquiries about hiring horses for riding.