Typed letter signed with initials : Last House [Glen Ellen, California], to David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1978 Jan. 4.

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Typed letter signed with initials : Last House [Glen Ellen, California], to David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1978 Jan. 4.

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Commenting on the weather; noting that her daughter's family visited before Christmas; describing Christmas dinner with Jim Beard, Chuck Williams, and others; mentioning a column by Herb Caen; noting that the show on King Tut is opening in Los Angeles.

1 item (2 p.) ; 28.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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