Letter from Laura Riddell, Rugby Hotel, Matheran, India, to her daughter Laura [in England]

Reference No:
U DRI/51
Dates:
13 May 1885
Description:
Stay at Ealing with Mrs. Kelso; Major Crombie; delay in return to England until the autumn; Uncle Fred; Mrs. Paterson; plans to visit Italy; English discontent with Gladstone’s dealings with Russia; Russian gain of Penj-deh [Panjdeh] in Afghanistan; failure of Russian officers to consult with the Commission under Sir Peter Lumsden about the Afghan frontier; lessons; departure from Matheran for Hingoli the following week; Major and Mrs Carruthers
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Correspondence of the Riddell Family