Correspondence dated 26 October 1955

Summary

An item from the surviving correspondence of William John Sands.

Historical context

This item forms part of the surviving William John Sands correspondence and is dated 26 October 1955. It is preserved in the William John Sands Family Archive as evidence of Sands’s professional work and relationships. The accompanying transcript was produced by machine OCR and should be checked against the original scan before being treated as a definitive reading.

Catalogue description

Original correspondence scan imported from the Sands and Ferguson family archive. Source file: 19552610.jpg.

Machine transcript — unreviewed

& 3 MYRTLEFIELD, HILLSBOROUGH OLD ROAD, LISBURN, CO. ANTRIM. 26th October 1955. Harry Ferguson, Esq., Abbotswood, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Dear Mr. Ferguson, I expect by now you have returned from you holiday in Ulster. I do hope Mrs. Ferguson and you enjoyed your stay, you were certainly fortunate to have had such nice weather. I have been giving serious thought to your very generous proposal and I suggest that if you could divide it into four equal parts, i.e., one-fourth part to Ella, Meta, Molly and myself, then this would be as I would like it to come from you to my family, this, of course, if it meets with your approval. We/