Letter from Laura Riddell, in Hingoli, India, to her daughter Laura [in England]

This material is held atHull University Archives, Hull History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 50 U DRI/65
  • Dates of Creation
    • 25 Nov 1885
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

Christmas cards; holidays with the Darnells; pantomimes; Mrs Paterson; uncertainty over outbreak of war; Serbia’s territorial ambitions in Bulgaria; troops in Burma; intention to depose King Theebaw [Thibaw]; advantages of English control of Burma; music; Mrs Mason; School of Music scholarship; art skills; money for education; Aunt Susan’s jewellery forwarded by Mr Boak; the Laurie family; F[anny] Stone; food parcel from India

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