Schloss Marburg,

22nd.December,1952.

Dear Mr. Van Thal,

My father and I do hope that we will
have the pleasure of seeing you here early
in the coming year. There are many relics
and pictures here and a few days' visit
would be well worth while, especially as
you have interested yourself in the history
of our family and, Mr.Willis tells me, it
is proposed to select illustrations for
the biography of King Ernest Augustus. I
do not need to say how welcome this would
be to us.