Letter. Mark Sykes, Sergetler, near Bolu, to his children
- Reference No:
- U DDSY2/1/2f/10
- Dates:
- 13 Sep [1913]
- Description:
- Describing the places he and Edith have travelled to, and the people they have met. Also two sheets of a second letter (incomplete photocopy) attached from Edith, about an insect infestation. Includes illustrations of his children, travelling up and down mountains, through rivers, helping a Turkish family, through a forest, a wolf that had eaten half a calf, a big dog, a mosque, a man calling from the mosque tower, nine Turkish men, an old Turkish man with a knife, Edith feeding Turkish children sugar (first letter); a caterpillar, three horses, a cook, Edith trying to read a book, 'A night in a Turkish house', Edith going for a walk, and pleased and angry Turks (second letter).
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 2 items
- 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
