DU MAURIER, DAPHNE. Two typed letters signed ("Daphne du Maurier Browning" and "Daphne du Maurier"). Cornwall, 15 and 28 July 1965. Together 6 pages, 8vo; with original envelopes. July 15th 1965: "Dear Mr Sullivan... One small criticism, in the Biographical Background. This is rather misleading, as it gives the student the impression that I come of 'aristocratic stock'. I. The du Mauriers were not 'among ancient nobility of France before the French Revolution.' They were master glass-blowers and fine craftsmen at that, but they certainly did not 'flee their homeland' because of their aristocratic blood. The family name was Busson, and my great-great grandfather took the name 'du Maurier' from the farm-house where he was born, believing this came him a certain 'cache' when he emigrated to London, chiefly to escape his debts in Paris, in 1789..." (2)
DU MAURIER, DAPHNE. Two typed letters signed ("Daphne du Maurier Browning" and "Daphne du Maurier"). Cornwall, 15 and 28 July 1965. Together 6 pages, 8vo; with original envelopes. July 15th 1965: "Dear Mr Sullivan... One small criticism, in the Biographical Background. This is rather misleading, as it gives the student the impression that I come of 'aristocratic stock'. I. The du Mauriers were not 'among ancient nobility of France before the French Revolution.' They were master glass-blowers and fine craftsmen at that, but they certainly did not 'flee their homeland' because of their aristocratic blood. The family name was Busson, and my great-great grandfather took the name 'du Maurier' from the farm-house where he was born, believing this came him a certain 'cache' when he emigrated to London, chiefly to escape his debts in Paris, in 1789..." (2)
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