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Letters to Sophia Turle from Mary Turle, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Turle 3

Scope and Contents

Four letters addressed to 'My dearest Soph', from 'Your loving sister Mary Turle', as follows:
1) Friday Sep. 3 [1886], written ‘On Steamer Constantine, Gulf of Finland’, describing travel in Finland and Russia (‘we travelled with Archduke Nicholas Uncle to the Emperor') and mentioning plans for going on to Denmark;
2) September [1886], addressed from a hotel in Copenhagen;
3) 20 September 1886, addressed from Hamburg;
4) [1886]; addressed to ‘Dearest Soph’ - appears to be from Mary Turle but the letter is incomplete, comprising the first sheet only; addressed from the Belle Vue Hotel, La Hague.



Dates

  • Creation: 1886

Creator

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: [These letters are dated from references in volume three of Sophia Turle's diaries at GCPP Turle 1/3.].

Originator(s)

Turle, Mary

Finding aid date

2013-02-20 10:51:15+00:00

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Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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