Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/387/4
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/387/4
Title
Autograph letter signed to Beaton.
Date(s)
- 12 June 1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(d 1969)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Beaton's cable came this morning and she has forwarded it to his mother. Is relieved to know all is going well. Hopes he will be able to get through all his work by the beginning of July. Asks Beaton to ask the Cunard people to keep him informed about sailing times. Discusses the impending occupation of Paris by the Germans. Hopes for a miracle. Gives Beaton news of family and friends. Francis Rose came up for tea. He has stopped painting during the war and hopes to get a British Council job. Is longing for a first letter from Beaton, but thinks the post is very delayed.