Letter from Laura Riddell, on steamer ‘Mindoon’ on the Irrawady River en route to Rangoon, to her daughter Laura [in West Kensington, England]

Reference No:
U DRI/131
Dates:
13 -15 Jul 1889
Description:
Journey; Burmese boats; weather; Dr Suffrein; drive with Mrs Grove; Mrs Burton of the Norfolk Regiment; arrival of Mr Mann; presentment at court; English settlement; dread of voyage on a British India Steam Navigation Co. steamer; trip to the Row with Mr Onvry, Henry and the Crombies; Mr Swete and his fiançée; Henry’s irregular correspondence; provisions for her children in the event of their death; Mrs Willes; arrival in Rangoon; hotel; forthcoming journey on board the ‘Sirsa’ to Madras [Chennai]; visit to her grandfather’s grave
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Correspondence of the Riddell Family