M.K. Gandhi | Eight letters and notes, chiefly to Jamnabehn, 1930s

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Eight letters and cards, six to Jamnabehn and two to Yashwant Prasad

comprising one autograph letter signed, three autograph notes signed (two in purple ink), one autograph postcard signed (in pencil), and three postcards signed (in pencil), in Gujarati, chiefly on the subject of health, offering to help heal Jamnabehn's chronic leg pain and ordering her to rest, expressing his concern about Yashwant Prasad's sickness, and assuring Jamnabehn of his own good health and improving weight, 9 pages, various sizes, 2 April 1926 to 24 April 1932 (where dated), browning, frayed and chipped with loss at edges, small burn holes to two items

Jamnabehn was a member of the extended Gandhi clan who was drawn to Sabarmati Ashram in the early 1930s. She was adept at spinning khadi and worked closely with the grand-daughters of Dadabhai Naoroji. Three of these letters date from 1926, when Gandhi was living in self-imposed withdrawal from the public world at Sabarmati and experimenting with a diet of fruit; in one he reassures Jamnabehn that he has gained several pounds in wieght and has been exercising properly. Yashwant Prasad, another supporter, suffered from a heart condition.