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Letter from Gertrude Bell to her stepmother, Dame Florence Bell

Summary
Brief letter in which Bell writes of her pleasure at the visit of her sister, Elsa, and notes that she has written in detail of their activities to her Father. She adds that George has arrived from Mosul.
Reference code
GB/1/1/1/1/33/31
Recipient
Bell, Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Person(s) mentioned
Naji, Haji
Richmond, Herbert
Creation Date
Extent and medium
1 letter plus envelope
Language
English
Location
Iraq ยป Baghdad

33.330312, 44.400813

Baghdad Nov 6. Darling Mother. I've given Father a breathless outline of our doings. What with trying to be well and trying to work in the office and going about with the Richmonds, I've had about as much as I could do. But it has been so heavenly, having Elsa - I always feel when I'm with her that there's no one in the world I love more.
You know that it was Haji Naji who sent you the black abba? I thanked him for it today on your behalf. No, I don't want the 2 vols from the Asiatic Soc thank you - they're the journal I suppose. It's deadly dull. We're so sorry about Anthony.

I must tell you that we all devoured your letter when it came and luckily it had plenty of things about Norah.

Darling the post goes. Your very affectionate daughter Gertrude.

George arrived from Mosul [Mawsil, Al] etc at 7 a.m. this morning, beaming as ever. We are so glad to have him back.

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