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Title
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Letters, Sept 3rd, 1911_008
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Alternative Title
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Letters, Sept 3rd, 1911
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Date
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Sept 3rd, 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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8 to order an abundance of cream! In consequence of this last, & also because every clock we saw told a different story as to the time, we reached the station, just as the train pulled out! We were at the central station & the party was to board the train at a suburban station nearer the hotel! The distressing part of it was that we did not know where the party was going! We are so used to having absolutely no cares about tickets or trains or stations, that we have become quite irresponsible. Fritz had a tiny clue, however, let drop purely by accident by Dr. Drude , as he was getting off for Dresden . By following this up & gaining further information from the local secretary, we found we could take a train an hour later to Rowlands Castle , a station near the estate. There we would hire a rig & drive to the house where we would knew we were to lunch. The plan for the party had been to drive & walk over the downs from this station & then end up with lunch. It all turned out for us with our usual good luck. We reached Rowlands Castle all right & were looking about for a cart, when Fritz espied Mrs. Towleys coat & bag in an auto waiting there, apparently for someone off the train. We exclaimed in surprise & the chauffeur then asked if we were the people he was expecting! Mr. Towley had sent us a telegram telling us to take the train we had & arranging for the auto to meet us! We had not
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Rights
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