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LETTERS/POSTCARDS: Godfrey Drage to his wife Dorothy, from Trouville sur Mer, France; Ostend, [Belgium]; before Vigo, [Spain]; below Vigo; after Lisbon; off Pernambuco, S. America; Santos, [Brazil]; Buenos Aires; Santiago, Chile; Camp Bow St., Cardiganshire. Personal and social. Godfrey’s journey on the Asturias to Buenos Aires (18 Feb.-12 Mar. 1910). Godfrey’s attempts to do business, selling slates, in Rio (6 Mar. 1910). Godfrey’s business activities and enquiries in Buenos Aires (13-17 Mar. 1910, 24 Mar.-17 Apr. 1910, Buenos Aires). Copy of a letter to Mr Boutell mentioning the desire to send slates directly to Buenos Aires from Portmadoc in the future (16 Mar. 1910, Buenos Aires). The need to compete with German slate shipments (2 Apr. 1910, Buenos Aires). Godfrey’s dissatisfaction with the sale of slates to Davies Bros by Dorothy’s father [J.E. Greaves] (6 Apr. 1910). Portmadoc slates are bought by firms like Davies Bros or Hollis who send them to Liverpool on the Rebecca and then ship them to [Buenos Aires]. Events at the camp of the 6th Battalion (25,28 July 1910, Camp Bow Street, Cardiganshire). 24 items.
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