66299: Letter: To Marion Scott.

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posted on 2024-04-18, 14:57 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Envelope containing letter. Also contains letter of 28th March 1917 from Ivor Gurney to Marion Scott. |

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Envelope containing letter. Also contains letter of 28th March 1917 from Ivor Gurney to Marion Scott.
Mentions recent letters / current delays to the mail / finding a good billet / connection to fellow soldiers / notes that 'In Flanders' was not written in the trenches but at Crucifix Corner / includes a stanza to be added to 'England the Mother' / describes the bareness of the landscape / receiving a 'charming' letter from his friend and fellow poet F W Harvey's mother about his condition in a prisoner of war camp / discusses a recent parcel from Marion Scott / thanks Mr Scott for reading his verses and wishes that they could discuss Russia.

History

Identifier

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

5th April 1917

Date Created

05/04/1917

Spatial

Caulaincourt, France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Number of Pages

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney Estate

Collection ID

Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.81 | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.81.1r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.81.1v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.81.2r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.81.2v

Repository Name

The Ivor Gurney Archive

Repository Address

Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK

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First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Letters

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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