HF47/3/11

Bundle of correspondence relating to Mrs Gordon:

12 Apr - 29 Dec 1894

From: 1894 To: 1894

By this stage Mrs Gordon is in poor financial circumstances and making wild and almost certainly unsubstantiated charges against Mr Safford. She looked after Alice for 4½ years till December 1894 when she was sent away to school at Brighton. After that Mrs Gordon lived in boarding houses in Kensington and Earls Court up to February 1894 then moved to Camborne Terrace, Richmond. Miss Langhorn, Alice's schoolmistress 1894 wouldn't have Alice back if spends holidays with Mrs Gordon. Failing to get money out of Mr Safford, she was forced to leave 6 Camborne Terrace, Petersham Road, Richmond. She then moved to 8 West Bolton Gardens, South Kensington and then became totally destitute. Incidental references to fishing at Sandene, Nordfjord, Bergen, Norway; California; and Alice's mother's piano 12 Apr- 29 Dec 1894 For previous history of Mrs Gordon, see also HF20/349/19.

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Gordon,
Gordon, Catherine Matilda,
Safford,
Safford, Frederick,
Safford, Alice,
Langhorn

CORRESPONDENCE, Kensington, Earls Court, Richmond, schoolmistress