Item 2012/1 - Letter from Simon Blunt to Anne Morrison and Judith Mustoe

1 item, paper

Letter from Simon Blunt to his sisters Anne Caroline Morrison (née Blunt) and Judith Elisabeth Mustoe (née Blunt), typescript, single page, dated 18 June 2012, noting that Ian Stewartby had been to the house and spent three days looking through the library, fulfilling a promise that he had made to Christopher Blunt to assume responsibility for the library. On his recommendation, two additional volumes were given to the Fitzwilliam Museum. He further recommended that the rest be sold before demand for books dwindled any more than it already had, due to the availability of so much material on-line. Lord Stewartby also put the family in touch with prominent numismatic book dealer Douglas Saville. SWB says that Douglas Saville spoke highly of CEB, describing him as "the perfect English gentleman", and he encloses a copy of a letter just received from him. Douglas Saville spent a day in the library looking through. SWB suggests that any money received from the sale be divided between the three of them. In the lower margin, beneath the signature, it is indicated that the letter was CC-ed to Ian Stewartby. There is also the manuscript note: "Ian, Thank you so much. I do like Douglas".

For related material, see JCPP/Stewartby/1/3/SAVILLE – BLUNTS/2012/1