Box B: 6
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Pont, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, June 17, 1945 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 6, Folder: 21Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1945.06.17
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss discusses Max Farrand dying, however, he is not in pain or distress. "Each day the sand in the hour glass diminishes, but Max is in no pain or distress & it may last several days, it may end within the hour." Beatrix hopes she can meet the future with the same kind of courage and thoughtfulness of others that Max Farrand has. She is unable to endure expressions of sympathy at this time, but knows of the deep attachment with Robert...