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- 23 December 1939 / (Creation)
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1 f.
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Purchased by the donor with the copy of John Brunton's Book (Cambridge, 1939) referred to in the letter; this carried the inscription 'Geoff Myatt, Capt., from his deputy assistant wicketkeeper. Christmas 1939. Edmund Blunden' inside the front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr David A. Lewis; Swansea; Donation; April 2001; A2001/17.
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Scope and content
A letter, 23 December 1939, from the English poet Edmund Blunden, Oxford, to Geoff Myatt, a cricketing team-mate, apparently enclosing a copy of John Brunton's Book (Cambridge, 1939) as a Christmas present.
He refers to his wife Sylva's army career and to a recent cricket match at Trent Bridge.
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Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding the ownership of Edmund Blunden copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed July 2009).
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English.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23699E, f. 146.
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Name access points
- Norman, Sylva, 1901- (Subject)
- Myatt, Geoff. (Subject)