Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/165/16
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/165/16
Title
Autograph letter signed to Beaton, from Tangier
Date(s)
- 15 Aug. 1937–15 Aug. 1939 (Circa. No year given.) (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
12p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1881-1965)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Had a wonderful evening in Tetonan. The High Commissioner had gone. Describes Mrs Fox as 'one of the most remarkable English women of our day'. Had a funny tea with the Khalif of the Spanish zone. Discusses the tea. The Khalif wishes to marry an Egyptian princess. Tetonan is the most lovely place she has ever seen, a 'white town cascading down a hillside'. Every morning she and David have an Arabic lesson and then the boys bathe. They then have lunch and then a siesta. Discusses various people she has seen.