knew of it and I am
thankful to hear she is now making steady progress.

Since writing to you I too have had a bad influenza cold that swept
through our house. But I am now quite recovered I am glad to say.

With all best wishes to yourself.

Your sincere friend in His service,
Ethel Rosenberg

P.S. I have just remembered I have said nothing about the London area that
should be included--Shoghi Effendi thinks it would save trouble if you drew
your circle widely enough to include Mrs. Slade and her daughter! At first
he inclined to agree with you that it would be best to take the middle
one--the Postal Area--and make exceptions in favour of Mrs. Haybittel and
her daughter. (Mrs. Ginman I hear from my brother has moved into town now)
but it seemed to him that you might possibly have other friends residing
or moving out to Surbiton etc., so that it might save you trouble in the
future if you selected the widest area? This is merely a suggestion on his
part--as it will no doubt be decided at the meeting of the London Assembly.
But with regard to the choosing by the 19 delegates of the nine members of
the National Assembly, his instructions are quite definite and must not be
departed from--as these instructions are as laid down by the Master in the
Testament and other Tablets. Shoghi Effendi says you can even now soon
select the day for the 19 delegates to come to London during Ridvan. By
the way Ridvan begins exactly 31 days after the New Year so it starts
almost always on April 21st and lasts for 12 days. I have recorded my
notes on list enclosed.

Yours ever,
E. Rosenberg

Shoghi(15) Effendi emphatically urges that the 19 friends elected as
delegates should meet together during Ridvan--Shoghi Effendi has sent you
three copies of the Baha'i Year Book, one for London, one for Manchester
and one for Bournemouth.

Read and approved. Shoghi

Editor's Note:

From December 1926 to April 1927, while the secretary who was then helping
with the English correspondence was away from Haifa, Miss Ethel J.
Rosenberg (addressed in letters by the Guardian as "My dear Rosa"), was on
pilgrimage and kept up a lengthy and repetitive correspondence with George
P. Simpson. In these letters from Miss Rosenberg are many instructions
from the Guardian to the British National Assembly. The letter reproduced
in this compilation, dated January 29th, 1927 is important for many
reasons:

1. It is the only one from Miss Rosenberg which car