The Cotman Collection | 26

Cotmania. Vol. XI. 1935-6

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/2/1/11
Page: 13 recto


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    Letter to Kitson from the RIBA library saying that they do not have the information that he wanted about Plaistow

    Letter to Kitson from the RIBA library saying that they do not have the information that he wanted about Plaistow

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    Telephone: Welbeck 5721-2-3-4 Telegrams: Ribazo Wesdo London
    ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS
    Incorporated by Royal Charters in the reigns of William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, and George V
    66 PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON W.1

    The Library
    5th March, 1936

    My dear Kitson,
    Steel has had a very thorough look at all the books in the library that are likely to give any information about Plaistow without finding any references to it at all. We have not got Hassell's book here.
    I will make a few personal enquiries from people like Summerson who might know something about it and if I learn anything I will write to you again.
    Yours sincerely,

    [FIC??]

    Sydney Kitson, Esq.,
    Thornbury House,
    Kidlington
    Oxon

    I spoke to Summerson today & he knows nothing & he holds more in his head than most libraries in their books.

Letter to Kitson from the RIBA library saying that they do not have the information that he wanted about Plaistow