| Disgrifiad | His desire to send his wife and children back to England after their 3 years domicile in America; the prohibitive cost of living in the USA; the expense of American schools; the children's illnesses and the effect on his wife, Minnie. Asks J J to confer with writer's mother and brother, Arthur, to acquire a house for the return of his family in the following April; his willingness to finance this operation, etc.
(2) Undated; Minnie Kenrick to her father, expressing obvious annoyance at his reaction to the receipt of the above letter : W W K was certainly not soliciting any financial help to effect his wishes; the letter was the expression of "a sick man's longing for home"; requests her father to send a key for turning the piano. |