Diary
by or after Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (d.1947)
Category
Books
Date
13 Dec 1917 - 9 Feb 1918
Materials
Paper, ink, card, leather
Measurements
355 x 255 x 30 mm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730438
Summary
Large red leather covered ledger stamped in gold Private Account no2., Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (1861 - 1947) handwritten note attached to cover, keep /Letters & Papers, / on Henry Colt Arthur's / Hoare / our son's, falling in / action in Palestine; - / in the War of 1914-18. (Re-verified afresh, and many destroyed. / Stourhead / May 23rd; 1944.Note in side cover (A) - 'May 4th, 1943. In this book till today was my diary of Nov 1917 to end Feb 1918 - a mass of letters, received, on our son 'Harry' Colt Arthur Hoare's death on Dec 20th 1917 in the Great War ( in Palestine) - all other letters save these (very few) I have destroyed, Alda Hoare reverified all, May 23rd, 1944. Contains nine double-sided diary pages written by Alda Weston, Lady Hoare, dated 13th Dec 1917 - 9th Feb 1918.
Makers and roles
by or after Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (d.1947), author