Letter from Laura Riddell, Victoria Hotel, Mandalay, Burma [Myanmar], to her son George [in Leipzig, Germany]

Reference No:
U DRI/90
Dates:
8-9 Jul 1887
Description:
Receipt of letters; Henry’s arrival in Germany; languages; care of Mrs Irvine; pastimes; recollections of rambling through forests near Bonn as a youth; her husband’s illness; journey to Mandalay; hotel accommodation; visit to the General, Deputy Surgeon General and Dr Roberts; Major Selfe; search for house in the suburbs; Dickie the bird; Burmese people; hotel residents; the Palace; surrounding countryside; Col. Rochfort; Mr Swete; return of troops to India; probable disturbance through the Russians in Afghanistan; her husband’s position; invitation to Laura to come to Mandalay; Mr Wellan’s offer of a place for George at Harrow; holidays in Norway; Mrs Irvine
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