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Letter from John E.W. Wallis, 23rd March 1948. Canon of Lichfield. Enquiry about outdoor grape-growing in England - are there any vines on the walls of the Deanery, or does the Bishop or any of his colleagues have any? If so, could he have 2 or 3 cuttings. Evidence of extensive cultivation of grapes by cathedrals and monasteries in the southern parts of medieval England.

Letter from John E.W. Wallis, 16th September 1948. Thanks Harold Costley White for news of his vine - news of his own, and of his fig tree. Will be in the Athenaeum for Convocation - perhaps there they could mitigate the severities of Canon Law by discussing the niceties of viticulture.

Letter from John Hugo Russell, Lord Ampthill (1896-1973), naval officer. JPW

Letter from John Hugo Russell, Lord Ampthill (1896-1973), naval officer. Thanks for JPW

Letter from John Kennedy. Invitation to dinner, to renew acquaintance - thinking of sending his son to a prep school on/near Dartmoor, which Harold Costley White has apparently endorsed.

Letter from John Litchfield (1903-1993). On the short list for Chelsea [constituency].

Letter from John Litchfield (1903-1993). Thanks for JPW

Letter from John Mansbridge, 2nd September 1952.

Letter from John Masefield, 7th November 1947. The Poet Laureate (as shown by the name of his house, Burcote Brook). Enclosing proof copy of a play based on the story of St George - was to have been performed in St George's Chapel, Windsor, on St George's Day 1948, but this project has been abandoned. Is writing to Harold Costley White along with the Deans of other cathedrals, in the hope that it might be worth presenting in the nave or chapter house. The music has been composed by the Keeper of the King's Musick, Sir Arnold Bax.

Letter from John Middleton Murry (1889-1957), writer. Unable to speak at the Debate [of the Union Society of London].