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Letters and telegrams chiefly of a personal nature. There is mention made of political developments in Great Britain; the death of Menie Bassett's mother; and of Mr. and Mrs. Eaton. Photographs of Georgian door knockers are also included.
Letter to Menie Bassett, John Bassett's wife, requesting she purchase a gift for Lord Beaverbrook's goddaughter.
Letters primarily of a personal nature. Verification is made of the fact that the Countess of Dalkeith had worked as a model.
Letters and telegrams chiefly of a personal nature. Reference is made to Beaverbrook's desire to set up a Peter Mitchell room containing furnishings and memorabilia belonging to the one time editor and later propietor of the Montreal Herald; to Bill (William) Prouty an acquaintance of Bassett and a Beaverbrook scholar (University of New Brunswick); and to British politics, in particular, to relations between Great Britain and France.
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Letters relating to World War 2. Included in the file are newspaper clippings of articles published in The Gazette (Montreal) -- "Beaverbrook's Son A Fighting Pilot" and "A Lothian Triumph." There is mention made of Max Aitken's air force career, of Beaverbrook's broadcast on Russia and of British-American relations. The wartime efforts of the Rt. Hon. Phillip Henry Kerr, eleventh Marquess of Lothian and Britain's ambassador to the United States is also noted.