Letter
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
28 Feb 1935
Materials
Paper
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3138371.2
Summary
Handwritten letter in black ink single page with fold down left side. The front has '3, Grosvenor Square. W.1.' printed in the top rigt corner in a blue grey and the text begins; '28 February, 1935 Dear Sir, Thank you very much indeed for your kind letter of February 23rd, which was sent on to me here from Welbeck Rectory. The Duke of Portland asks me to say that he is most grateful for your permission to quote from 'John Porter of Kingsclere' (he had passed that the book was largely your work, but was uncertain with whom the copyright rested); and he will .......'. Kept in the book 'Memories of racing and hunting' by William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943) (record 3138371).