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

Reference No:
U DRI/153
Dates:
29 Jan 1890
Description:
Gifts from her children; generosity of Mrs Wren; entertainments; Westminster Abbey; funeral service of Browning; Mr Willan; Mr Brackenbury’s poor conduct; Mr Tregarthen; George’s influenza; measles; throat ailment; her husband’s health; grant of leave; imminent arrival of a native regiment from Burma [Myanmar]; plans to stay in Madras and Bombay [Mumbai] until their return to England; dressmaker in Madras [Chennai]; clothing; journey home via Marseilles and Paris; unhealthy sewage system in Paris; accommodation in England; Bayley’s Hotel in Queen’s Gate Terrace; arrival in Paris; Mademoiselle Georges; Mrs Paterson; instructions to King & Co. regarding Auntie
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Correspondence of the Riddell Family