{"id":637,"date":"2024-08-16T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/?p=637"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:00:24","slug":"letter-from-p-g-wodehouse-to-robert-caffyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/letter-from-p-g-wodehouse-to-robert-caffyn\/","title":{"rendered":"[Letter from P. G. Wodehouse to Robert Caffyn]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this letter, P. G. 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