Item 1674 - Letter from Mabel C. Whitson, Edinburgh, to Patrick Geddes

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GB 249 T-GED/9/1674

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Letter from Mabel C. Whitson, Edinburgh, to Patrick Geddes

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  • 6 December 1928 (Creation)

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  1. Letter thanking Geddes for his congratulations on her husband's election as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Describes election. States that someone had commented that it was a great day for the Outlook Tower. Reference to helpers at Outlook Tower: Miss MacDonald and Constance Wyer. Gives details of a busy social life: lecture by J. Arthur Thomson; meeting of Drama Festival Group at Outlook Tower; dining with Frank and Norah Mears; news of Whitson children. Hopes that Lillian Geddes has fully recovered.

  2. Enclosed, a photograph of Thomas B. Whitson.

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