Letter from Laura Riddell, Pallaveram and Royal Hotel, Madras [Chennai], India, to her daughter Laura [in West Kensington, England]

Reference No:
U DRI/154
Dates:
1-5 Feb 1890
Description:
Influenza; Auntie’s nursing; payment of Auntie and Mrs Willes for extras; sale of furniture; her husband’s ailments; hardship and disappointment; clothing; Mrs Misquilt the dressmaker; Mr Onvry; Mrs Willes; Dr Ord; Mrs Gurney; George’s entry to Harrow; move to Madras; Surgeon General Sir James Haubury; plans to return to England by May; her husband’s improvement in physical and mental health; climate; sale of property; unsatisfactory content of Laura and Henry’s previous letters; King & Co. account; money for Auntie; letters from Mrs. Gurney and Mrs Willes; madness of going to a ball just after the influenza
Format:
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Extent:
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Access Conditions:
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Correspondence of the Riddell Family