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Title
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Letters, Aug. 19th, 1911_002
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Alternative Title
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Letters, Aug. 19th, 1911
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Date
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Aug. 19th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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2 splendid castle & because we had half a day to do as we pleased. We utilized it by putting up soiled clothes. Fritz washing his head & I shopping. My wardrobe is showing distressing signs of wear & soil & needs replenishing. In the afternoon we went to the botanic gardens & were entertained at dinner by Prof. Balvour in princely style; six kinds of wine and champagne besides the elaborate menu I enclose. The food was delicious . the “omelette anrhm” came on all ablaze with delicate blue flame — very pretty. There were 14 of us at table. I w was taken in first by the [son?] of the house, a charming young fellow from Oxford . Fritz sat at Mrs. Balfour ‘s left & Mrs. Cowles at our hosts left. We are invited to visit indefinitely when next we come to Edinburgh . The house commands a magnificent view of Edinburgh & the castle. Scotland is very beautiful with its rolling, or mountainous country with beautiful woods, which have been scanty or lacking so far. Some of the trees are magnificent — one maple in the hotel garden at Dunkeld 8-10 ft. in diameter – i.E. the trunk. The region also is most interesting historically & romantically. We are seeing the
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Rights
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