Miscellaneous family letters | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Miscellaneous family letters

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 590, Box 3, File 4

Summary

Comprises:

(fols. 1-58) letters to Flora from her French relatives, written after the time she spent with them in France in the mid-1870s, 7 Jan 1879-4 Jan 1886

(fols. 59-64) letter from Flora in Cairo to Colonel Charles Brackenbury, 10 Mar 1889

(fols. 65-70) incomplete letter to [Flora] from Lord Lugard, Dec 1901

(fols. 70a-70e) letter from Flora to her sister in law, Jenny Oliver, in South Africa, discussing family news, the work of Frederick Lugard, and her sister in Ireland, Dec 1923. With typed transcript and notes.

(fol. 71) letter from Louise Shaw to Ned, 5 Oct 1937