Lowndes, Marie Belloc and Doris Langley Moore, 1932-06-16 - 1932-06-18

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5

Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.5.026

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Due to the filing system Doris Langley Moore kept, these letters are glued together in a manner that is impossible to separate without permanent damage.

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"Dear Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, I am very grateful for the kind letter I received from you this morning. It is interesting to know that you were instrumental in getting E. Nesbit her well-deserved pension. To save you the trouble of making enquiry from the Royal Literary Fund, in case you have not already done so, I may mention that the grant was made by the Government, and was a Civil List pension. The date was 1915..."

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"Dear Mrs. Langley Moore, I hardly knew Hubert Bland, but I knew Mrs. Hubert Bland towards the end of her life, pretty well. I was instrumental in getting her a grant from, I am certain, the Royal Literary Fund..."

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"Dear Madam, The editor of the Universe informs me that you may be able to give me some assistance in connection with a biography of E. Nesbit (Mrs. Hubert Bland) which I am writing for Messrs. Ernest Benn..."