Letter from Jean de Lestre to unidentified female recipient, describing his pilgrimage to Eugène Lemercier's final resting place,
1921 August 14.
Author wrote to a "mademoiselle", probably a friend or lover of Eugène Lemercier's, with instruction to give his letter to Marguerite Lemercier. Jean de Lestre is a poet and author and, based on the content, it is likely that he was a soldier who was at Les Eparges with Eugène. Describes how he took a bit of the yellow earth for the mother, put a bit of his own fragrance in the earth together with the rose water of the recipient.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | French |
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| Notes: | Blue envelop bearing "à Madame Lemercier". Letter written from Les Eparges. These items were enclosed between the last page and the back cover of Eugène Lemercier's diary (MS 8,751/3/1)together with other loose material. Physical description: 2 items : Letter (2 pages)and envelope. more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
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Letter from Jean de Lestre to unidentified female recipient, describing his pilgrimage to Eugène Lemercier's final resting place,
1921 August 14.
| In Collection: | Lemercier Papers, 1910-1925 |
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| Description: | Author wrote to a "mademoiselle", probably a friend or lover of Eugène Lemercier's, with instruction to give his letter to Marguerite Lemercier. Jean de Lestre is a poet and author and, based on the content, it is likely that he was a soldier who was at Les Eparges with Eugène. Describes how he took a bit of the yellow earth for the mother, put a bit of his own fragrance in the earth together with the rose water of the recipient. |
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| Language: | French |
| Extent: | 2 items : Letter (2 pages)and envelope. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 8,751/5/9
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |