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This letter will (I hope) go to Seattle then to Portland
(Oregon) then Chicago then New York & I trust
catch the Queen Mary. Do note how
long it takes to get to you.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
VICTORIA, B.C.

July 26 1937
Monday

[JAS annotation: For biography
description of Olympics' earlier
Olympics in US
(State of Washington)

My darling Baba [ST - Mother]

I got dear letters from you & Marnie
when I arrived here on Saturday (dated about
July 12th). If you see Alice and Johnnie will
you tell them that I haven't heard from
either of them for a month [underlined], and ask
them why they are neglecting their poor
mother like this?

I wish I had you here with me in this
lovely lotus eating island. You know what
it is here so I shan't indulge in descriptions
except to say that the Olympic mountains
are facing me as I write. They are rising