Letter from Laura Riddell, Mandalay, Upper Burma, to her son George [in Leipzig, Germany]

This material is held atHull University Archives, Hull History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 50 U DRI/100
  • Dates of Creation
    • 7 May 1888
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

Trip to Dresden and Berlin; Dresden Picture Gallery; reading; letter composition; ladies’ figures; Laura’s figure; cholera and smallpox among the troops; weather; Jakoob Khan; Mrs Oswald; Mr Swete; Mr Orr; murder of a police officer and Lieutenant in the Royal Munster Fusiliers; Mr Brett; education; Mr Onvry; violin; Dickie the bird; hopes for Henry to go to France in the summer; her husband’s health and birthday

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