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
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Correspondence of the Riddell Family