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Z506/3/15/8
Title
Letter from Frederick Martell, to his grandparents, John Perring Field and wife
Date free text
7 Aug 1876
Production date
From: 1876 To: 1876
Scope and Content
Since writing has heard from home and New Zealand. Mama is unwell – headaches. Uncle intends leaving where he is and going south. Aunt starts at once to get in a school. Uncle will follow. Intends to start his own newspaper. 'My advice to him is – Take Care'. Very wet here today. Has ridden 40 miles. 'Got a ducking, of course'
Level of description
item

Persons/institution keyword
Martell, Frederick,
Field, John Perring,
Martell, Mary Anne,
Field, Octavius
Keywords
family correspondence, New Zealand, newspapers

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Gift from Miss Ermyntrude Sprague, of Bedford, through the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, June 1984 Dee...
fonds | Z506
19th & 20th C
- Correspondence etc., mostly letters to John Perring Field
  sub-fonds | Z506/3
  1850's - 1880's
  - Correspondence from Australia
    series | Z506/3/14-17
    1864-1882
    
    Correspondence: Fred Martell, to his grandparents (John P. Field & wife)
    file | Z506/3/15
    1875-1876
    Letter from Frederick Martell, to his grandparents, John Perring Field and wife
    item | Z506/3/15/8
    7 Aug 1876