Letter from Laura Riddell, in Mandalay, Upper Burma [Myanmar], to her daughter Laura [in Leipzig, Germany]

Reference No:
U DRI/118
Dates:
15 Jan 1889
Description:
Trip to Maymiss; dinner with Lieutenant Iremonger and his wife, General Wolseley and Captain Spragge; Major Radcliffe; subscription dance with the Kennedys; letter from Mrs Irvine concerning George’s thieving and interception of a letter; payments to Mrs Irvine; need for Laura to leave Leipzig in April; Mrs Mauran; Mr Milberg; Mrs Lewis; desire that Laura join them in India; inadequacy of Mrs Irvine’s care; sharing a bed with Hilda Street; singing; spelling; arrangements for Laura’s return to England; Mrs Donaldson; Mrs Irvine. Including copy of letter from Hilda E. Irvine [in Leipzig, Germany] to Laura Riddell [in Mandalay, Upper Burma], received January 1889: George and Laura’s loss of money; George’s confession to stealing; interception of a letter; parlour boarders; cost of care; food; George’s disgrace
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Correspondence of the Riddell Family