Letter. Mark Sykes, [Rhenoster Bridge] to Edith Gorst
- Reference No:
- U DDSY2/1/2b/38
- Dates:
- 28 Sep-3 Oct 1901
- Description:
- About dashed hopes of returning home, the renewed ferocity of the Boers, problems caused by English pro-Boer newspapers (28 Sep); his discovery of the Boers' regular travel routes, speculations as to whether he has changed, previous photographs Edith has sent him, his ill fitting new clothes (29 Sep); losing all mental capacity and intelligence, the treatment of the militia, the ignorance of people in England (1 Oct); a description of a Boer attack (2 Oct); and begging Edith to send a photograph (3 Oct). Includes illustration of a map of the Boers' travel route, five drawings representing how Edith looks on various photographs, himself pleading, himself in ill fitting clothes, himself peeping out of a tower, and a plan of the Boer attack (1 Oct).
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere
