Letters of T.S. Eliot [manuscript], 1946 and 1947.

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Letters of T.S. Eliot [manuscript], 1946 and 1947.

A 1946 letter to an unidentified recipient supports the candidacy of James Smith for the chair of English at Fribourg, Switzerland, and a 1947 letter congratulates Smith on receiving the appointment and mentioning an old friend there Father Pierre de Menasce, O.P.

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University of Virginia. Library

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