DLA015-0034 Transcription

42 BIS, AVENUE HENRI MARTIN

Paris, July 7th 1924

Dear friend,

As I wired to you I expect to leave Paris on Monday 14th crossing through Dieppe and Newhaven.

Will you arrange for the room of Mr. Alkan in a simple hotel.

We arrive together and I shall be busy with him 2 or 3 days at Teddington and Wembley.^[1]

I have been working a great deal this winter and I need rest. I am coming to London to take it and visit some golf courses and you will greatly oblige me by not accepting any engagements for dinners or other parties,

I am glad to have the pleasure to see you before long and enjoy your kind hospitalité.

Sincerely yours,

Guiche

Editorial Note:

Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de Gramont; styled duc de Guiche (1879-1962), scientist, entrepreneur and close friend of de László; for biographical notes, see [11801].

27/04/2006

[1] The duc planned to take Mr Alkan to The National Physical Laboratory in Teddington and to the Wembley Exhibition (presumably the British Empire Exhibition, which was held at Wembley Park from 23rd April 1924 to 31st October 1925), see DLA015-0036, letter from the duc de Guiche to de László, 25 June 1924.