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56025: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

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posted on 2024-04-05, 18:40 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Apologises to Siegfried Sassoon for being so happy / admits fears regarding return to the line and active duty / announces upcoming book of poems entitled 'The Patchwork Quilt', a draft of which Robert Graves also includes with the letter, and a poem about the book / thanks Sassoon for a financial gift and details its uses / wishes Sassoon to be godfather to expected child / discusses bad soldier poets / wonders what friends are up to.

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Identifier

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Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Date

9th July 1918

Date Created

09/07/1918

Spatial

Bryn-y-pin, Wales

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Number of Pages

6

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Berg Collection, New York Public Library / The Robert Graves Copyright Trust

Collection ID

The Berg Collection | The Berg Collection | The Berg Collection | The Berg Collection | The Berg Collection | The Berg Collection | The Berg Collection

Repository Name

New York Public Library

Repository Address

Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, USA

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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