Typed letter signed : [Last House, Glen Ellen, California], to David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1992 Apr. 1.

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Typed letter signed : [Last House, Glen Ellen, California], to David Pleydell-Bouverie, 1992 Apr. 1.

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Telling him that Last House is "very beautiful"; noting that she has "always enjoyed being its Resident Recluse"; saying that she misses seeing the Trueshafts and Herb Caen; mentioning that Maya Angelou came to visit her; reporting that she "still hear[s] from Mrs. Keesling now and then."

1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7782462

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