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3 June 1975

Mason, Tom, fl. 1975

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alan Brock

Mason offers condolence upon the death of Brock's mother. He offers a quote from a magazine article that he read when his own mother died in 1951 that he hopes will be comforting. The passage describes death as nothing because loved ones are waiting and continuity of relationships persists.

GLC05508.180

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