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Hartoz, Lady Mabel. 3 letters (1940-1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, London, England
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Ashley Cooper, Kathleen. 31 letters (1939-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Hitchin, London, England
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Kathleen is wife of Lady Adams' nephew Patrick and an active volunteer at the Beaver Club which supports the troops. She gives great detail about wartime in London living at Claridges with her husband. She regrets she cannot speak of the many details she knows about because of her husband's position in the government.
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Northwood, B. G. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, London, England
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Mrs. Northwood was Lady Adams' friend's charwoman. She informs Lady Agnes of the burning of her former home in London.
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Littlejohn-Cook, Zenia (Kissia). 4 letters (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, London, England
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As head of the All Service Canteen she set up a dance for America marines and nurses. She organized a broadcast heard throughout the kingdom.
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Miles, Connie. 2 letters (1941-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Shere, England
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She wants Lady Agnes to send her an American-made button which says "To Hell with Hitler." Her father, Reverend Sir W. Robertson Nicoll, was Sir John's greatest friend. She is keeping a war diary for her descendants.
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Wedd, Charlotte. 4 letters (1940-1942) to Lady Agnes Adams, Southminster, England
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Mrs. Wedd is Lady Agnes' niece. She discusses family matters and particularly her concern for George Cook who is a prisoner-of-war. Also she mentions Kissia Littlejohn Cook's gratefulness for the generosity of Ronald Coleman to her Canteen.
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O'Connor, Irma. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams. 1 letter (1941) to Lady Agnes Adams, Kohimararna, Auckland, New Zealand
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Miss 0'Connor, editor, refuses to accept Lady Adams' article for print since the "Weekly News" has had to cut back the size of their publication. She has been dismissed from her position by the Herald because she is the highest paid.
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