Letter from Laura Riddell, Pallaveram, India, to her daughter Laura [in West Kensington, England]

Inappropriate tone and poor quality of her last letter; infrequency of correspondence from her children; accusation of shame at Auntie’s poverty; reluctance for Auntie to meet family acquaintances; George’s irregular correspondence; necessity of motherly rebukes and counsel; decision not to return to Leipzig; expenses; trip to Broadstairs; trip to Paris; Spanish Exhibition; Ramsgate; home in Albion Square in Ramsgate as a youth; Pegwell Bay; Shoreham Gardens; her husband’s illness; new house; need for a conveyance; dislike of Auntie’s companion Mrs Shadgett

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