Item 1969/1 - Three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt

3 items, paper

Three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 8 March 1969, expressing satisfaction with the latest volume of the [British Numismatic] Journal, especially [Herbert] Schneider's contribution. He asks CEB to convey his apologies to the Sylloge Committee in the event that he is unable to attend the forthcoming meeting. He also comments on the new Colchester hoard and the Mayfield hoard, hoping that MMA [i.e. Marion Archibald] "will publish some of the wonderful hoards in her care". There is a note in the upper right margin of the recto, in CEB's hand, to the effect he answered the letter on 11 March, but there is no CEB letter of that date among the Stewartby papers.
(b) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 12 October 1969, advising that his plans are subject to the demands of his mother's illness, which is very serious. He also says that he will be unable to accept CEB's dinner invitation on the following evening but may be able to join them in time for coffee at about 9pm. In reply to a letter of CEB, he says that he would prefer not to review the RS [i.e. Robert Sevenson] sylloge because he declined to review it for the Numismatic Chronicle, he is not very familiar with the volume and is anxious about taking on any additional work under the present circumstances. He says that his short-cross paper must also be put on hold due to "domestic troubles" His only contribution to the current BNJ with therefore be his part of the Loch Doon paper.
(c) manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London SE1, on 8 November 1969, expressing satisfaction that CEB finds the BNS programme agreeable. He says that they cannot visit Ramsbury on the dates that CEB suggests but would be happy to accept an invitation for after Christmas. He also confesses that he is awaiting a paper of MD [i.e. Michael Dolley] "with some misgivings", adding that "he really does seem badly off balance now". He describes the BA [i.e. Brititsh Academy] row as "lamentable". In closing, he asks CEB whether he ever managed to obtain offprints of Reddaway's last paper.