Autograph copy of a letter : [Golder's Green], to Henry Watson Kent, ca. 1950.

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Autograph copy of a letter : [Golder's Green], to Henry Watson Kent, ca. 1950.

Describing an Oxford-Cambridge boat race taken in "under the pleasantest possible circumstances," by invitation of Emery Walker, at which were many "notables" including George Belcher, Henry Arthur Jones, St. John Hornby, Thomas J. Wise and Sydney Cockerell.

1 item (3 p.) ; 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8032963

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Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937

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