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<b>332. WALLIS SIMPSON</b> (1896 - 1986)<b> </b>American divorcee whose romantic liaison with King Edward VIII resulted in his abdication of the throne "for the woman I love". A superb grouping of six lengthy fine content A.L.S. and one T.L.S. "<i>Wallis</i>" mostly from Nassau, Bahamas ca. 1939-1941, where she lived with the banished Edward following his abdication of the throne. All are written to Jack Warner and his wife, friends of the Windsors who supplied the exiled royals with gifts and comestibles not available in the Bahamas. In very small part: ".<i>..This is a very difficult place to write from. We feel rather stupid writing to people who are living in the world. We have only the propaganda from the radio to reply upon and these days it really borders on the ridiculous...What tools of politicians we are all, and how grateful I have no children to be tossed about by them...What a race of servants [the British] -- they should be made to fight all wars with the politicians or their officers...Hope to get to Canada by hook or crook but have no definite plans...Do not forget to see if you can get more of that heavenly smoked trout...We suffer from shortages of things due to boat service. Soon it will be a real war...and a good thing it will be those who seem blind to the fact of war....The heat has been worse and I despair of having left here another summer, but England since the war is determined that the Duke shall never have a decent job, so what can we do but grin and bear it...The Hungarian delights arrived and also the book...not up to Berlin Diary [William Shirer's diary of his stay in Berlin in the 1930s]...Rose Wood says it is the truest picture of the Gestapo and she ought to know. We were most gratified for the clippings regarding the Duke of Kent, and I for all the political ones...Everything in the world seems utterly confused and now [Wendell] Wilkie threatens us with losing the peace...I think the Peace the most important item to win, I can't bear an idea that we might lose that...I read at least 4 books a week and every magazine. We are alone a great deal...Many thanks for the filets...I have been awfully busy with the Canteen as I am really running it...I am there day and night. I find it more interesting work than the Red Cross because it is more personal...To-morrow we leave for Paris, which we are not looking forward to as it is to be a round of visits to the dentist and people from England probably bringing bad news as that country can hand out to its ex-King!...Everything has arrived...The car...is a great success and the Duke uses it entirely for going back and forth to his golf...It has been very gay in Nassau...I have been reading the Kiplinger letters from Washington...but they don't present a very pleasant future for all of you in America. I am afraid you will be curtailed of things just as we were in England and France...I am buying up everything made of aluminum, silk and all the canned vegetables, etc. I can find...I am glad America has gone so far, but you know how I feel about war...</i>". Overall very good condition.<b> $1,000-1,500</b>
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