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Ref NoMS 466/1/1/18/1/2
Finding NumberMS 466/194/2
TitleLetter from Ned Crosfield to Elsa Fox
LevelItem
Date04 December 1951
DescriptionElizabeth Taylor Cadbury's youngest stepdaughter Eleanor Cadbury married Bertram Crosfield in April 1910. Following Taylor Cadbury's death Eleanor's son Edward (Ned) wrote to Elsa Fox expressing his sympathy and thanking her and her sister Anna for their work to ensure 'that Grandmother could lead a full and happy life right up to the end.' Crosfield remarks that the Manor House had been to him 'a haven in a changing world'.

Sections of this letter have been underlined and annotated, indicating that the recipients wished for certain aspects of the correspondence to be preserved and remembered.
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Related MaterialInformation about the Crosfield family taken from Richenda Scott, 'Elizabeth Cadbury: 1858-1951' (London: Harrap, 1955), pp. 118-119.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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