| Summary: | Miscellaneous personal papers apparently sent to or collected by William Rathbone IX during his war-time service with the Royal Air Force: family letters with personal news, including letters from his mother, Dora Rathbone and son William Rathbone X, Nicholas Rathbone and John Rankin Rathbone, also on military service, and Emily Evelyn Rathbone concerning the future of the family home at Greenbank; some letters concerning W.R.'s domestic affairs; several MS poems, apparently written by William Rathbone IX, on love, with some reference to war; small collection of miscellaneous ephemera including order of service sheet for thanksgiving for victory service, invitation cards etc |
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