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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 6, 1945

 
Accession number B:BF 1945.06.06
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1945
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter sent by Beatrix Farrand discussing the difficulty of receiving telephone calls at her home; Max Farrand's health, comfort, and care; and her attack of lumbago leading to three to four days in bed. A nurse has been secured to help with Max Farrand's care.

Handwritten signature in ink by Beatrix Farrand.

Written on Beatrix Farrand's Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead.

Letter received [June] 8, [1945].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

travel
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
health
illness
nurses
Fatigue
Boston (Mass.)
weather
rain
wind (weather phenomena)
Fog
Backache
Telephone
communication (function)
Privacy
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)