Emma's Letters to Ann Ann's
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Dear Ann, I have had a brilliant trip to the Archive! Enclosed are transcriptions of two letters from Fanny that I found in the James Rawlins papers. They seem to pick up where the manuscript left off. I haven’t finished looking through everything there yet and should really make time to get back there soon. Frank’s birth certificate was in the box. I thought you knew. He was born in 1948 to Ellen Hall and Kurt Frank, a German ex-war prisoner. His dad left before he was born (without marrying Ellen, of course) and he was adopted by some relatives of the family. Frank just gave me a copy of this letter, which he received on the day of his mother’s funeral in 1971, so in the interest of openness, I’m passing it along to you. He’s asked me not to look into the matter of Ellen’s will. I’m quite sure that there was some provision for him in it, but he insists that he is satisfied and doesn’t want to stir up the past. That’s just like him though, not wanting to be a bother to anyone. I’m sure he’s really quite interested. And then I’m feeling a bit guilty, to be honest. If I can find out more about this maybe I can mend some fences. In any case, I’m searching for Ellen’s will. No luck yet. John’s claims look a bit more dubious to me. After all, Monty never recognized his Mum and sent her away years ago, so it doesn’t seem to me that he has a legal foot to stand on. You never know though, do you? I’ll be in touch shortly. Cheerio, Emma |