Letter from Laura Riddell, Esplanade Hotel, Bombay [Mumbai], India, to her son George [in Leipzig, Germany]

Reference No:
U DRI/87
Dates:
3-7 Jun 1887
Description:
Gazette of Appointments; trips to the Bunder; Col. and Mrs Stewart; Mrs Montanaro; Col. Tillard; Major Watson; Lt O’Farrell; Lt Bivar; Captain Falle; expected monsoon; money; Auntie and Mrs Shadgett; Mrs Wilson; financial provisions; weather; studies; dinner at the Apollo Bunder with Lt O’Farrell; Captain Falle; the government ship ‘Tennasserim’; plans to go to Madras [Chennai]; poor spelling; bathing; clothing; meals; music; Mr Koopmann; Mr Gurney’s opinion of Henry; recollections of afternoon at Kew Gardens; George’s illness; receipt of letters; dinner at the Yacht Club with Lt O’Farrell and Lt Bivar; posting to Mandalay; Mr Swete; Church Times; transfer of carpets to Leipzig by Carter Paterson; dissatisfaction with care at Mrs Irvine’s; Clarence; health; George’s studies; photographs; confirmation of move to Mandalay; letter from Henry; Auntie; Mr Swete; Dr and Mrs Ord
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
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Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Correspondence of the Riddell Family