£300 - £500
POTTER, Helen Beatrix. Autograph letter, signed (H. B. Heelis) to Elizabeth Tyson. Castle Cottage, Sawrey, Thursday, no date [1935]. Unpublished and unrecorded.
25 x 19.5cm, six lines on lined note paper, creased where folded, minor corner creases, small loss at top sheet but clean
A short letter to the local antique dealer complaining of a cold and the weather
"I did not seem worth while doing anything about Dr Leeming's* sale; I telephoned and there was no view day at the residence and in any case I am indoors with another tiresome cold. The weather has changed so quickly from muggy weather to frost etc - it catches people. I expect I shall soon be alright again in a few days."
*Dr Robert Whineray Leeming MD (1859-1934) of Kendal where he practiced for 52 years succeeding his father who practiced for over 40 years. Father and son lived in the same house for nearly a century (source: BMJ Jan 12, 1935, p88)
Provenance: Elizabeth Tyson (1878-1970) thence by descent in her extended family to the present vendor
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