Item 1966/1 - Two letters and one card from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt

3 items, paper

Two letters and one card from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Founders Court, Lothbury, EC2, on 29 June 1966, expressing his enjoyment of CEB's paper on Aethelstan and complimenting him for his work on the Journal [i.e. BNJ]. He says that he half-filled the [BNS] programme for 1967 in a single evening, noting some of the speakers that he has enrolled, asking CEB's opinion on them, and asking whether he would be willing to talk on "A Numismatic Journey to Russia", mentioning the hoard [?] and describing the scope of the collections. He describes a "BofE" [i.e. Bank of England?] meeting as "most satisfactory" and thanks CEB "again for the instruction & entertainment of your admirable Aethelstan paper.
(b) letter, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Road, London, SE1, on 16 December 1966, explaining that he held off in writing in the hope of including his review of [R.B.K.] Stevenson but hasn't quite finished it. He thanks CEB for his three groats, refers to the "fantastic story [...] emerging about Newstead", and thanks him the copy of his letter to Stewart [Lyon]. He thanks CEB for their weekend at Ramsbury, mentions the visit that CEB's son Simon and Simon's wife Julia paid to their house, and wishes CEB Happy Christmas. In a postscript, he says that the 1968 [BNS] programme is filling up and asks whether CEB will want to read a paper. He says that he may try his St Peter & Sihtric paper for half of an evening and suggests that another another 10th century paper would be appropriate.
(c) card, manuscript, undated but datable to late 1966 on the grounds that it picks up on an element of the discussion in IS's letter of 16 December and refers to a forthcoming encounter on the 4th of January. IS states that he will book a BNS paper meeting for the two of them in 1968 and suggest January, adding that "Metcalf, Lyon, Pollard, Rayner/Liddell & Dolley" are already provisionally lined up. He says that 4 January would suit him and says that he will come along with Stewart [Lyon] as soon as possible after work. He promises to give CEB "details of the two Davids" and asks him to bring his copy of the NC [i.e. Numismatic Chronicle] volume for 1851. In the last line, he says "poor, poor FEJ", wondering what is to be done.