CHURCHILL, Winston S. Three autograph letters signed (one initialled 'W.S.C.') and five typewritten letters signed to Mrs Violet Pearman ('Dearest Mrs P' and 'My dear Mrs P', his secretary 1929-1938), Chartwell and Carcassonne, 13 August 1931 - 1 November 1938, 5 pages, 8vo, in autograph and 5 typed pages, 4to, and two telegrams.
A group of kindly and concerned letters to his secretary: Churchill is 'grieved' at her illness, which he attributes 'largely to yr devotion to my interests & fortunes. I am sure that all you need is a good long rest without worries of any kind', urging her to 'Lie absolutely fallow & you will recover. There is no need to fret about anything tho I don't pretend I do not miss you sadly'. He also reminds her of his promise of £50 (to help in some unspecified problem) and in November 1938 having spoken to the doctor offers a year's leave at £3 a week. 'If you feel able to look after the literary accounts & to do a little work with the Press cuttings, all the better'. Other letters offer to pay 'for any necessary scientific [treatment] that is required' if she is not insured, and refer generally to helping her while she is unwell, sometimes also asking her to carry out various tasks. Mrs Pearman's letter (1940) is equally warm: 'You know that here in Edenbridge one humble person follows your joys and griefs with a very full heart'. (9)
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Three autograph letters signed (one initialled 'W.S.C.') and five typewritten letters signed to Mrs Violet Pearman ('Dearest Mrs P' and 'My dear Mrs P', his secretary 1929-1938), Chartwell and Carcassonne, 13 August 1931 - 1 November 1938, 5 pages, 8vo, in autograph and 5 typed pages, 4to, and two telegrams.
A group of kindly and concerned letters to his secretary: Churchill is 'grieved' at her illness, which he attributes 'largely to yr devotion to my interests & fortunes. I am sure that all you need is a good long rest without worries of any kind', urging her to 'Lie absolutely fallow & you will recover. There is no need to fret about anything tho I don't pretend I do not miss you sadly'. He also reminds her of his promise of £50 (to help in some unspecified problem) and in November 1938 having spoken to the doctor offers a year's leave at £3 a week. 'If you feel able to look after the literary accounts & to do a little work with the Press cuttings, all the better'. Other letters offer to pay 'for any necessary scientific [treatment] that is required' if she is not insured, and refer generally to helping her while she is unwell, sometimes also asking her to carry out various tasks. Mrs Pearman's letter (1940) is equally warm: 'You know that here in Edenbridge one humble person follows your joys and griefs with a very full heart'. (9)
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