Michael acknowledges two letters from Jennings and attributes the delay in responding to health concerns. He approves of the suggestion that a letter of support for his proposal be written by the family to the Gulbenkian Foundation and explains that Chico (his brother-in-law Colonel Francisco Caetano Dias) would be speaking with someone from the foundation to find out how to proceed. Michael expresses his hopes that Jennings's proposal be accepted.
The Hubert Jennings papers is an extensive collection of materials created or collected by Jennings in the course of his research on the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa focused particularly on the time Pessoa lived in Durban, South Africa. Jennings published …