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Letter from Gertrude Bell to her father, Sir Hugh Bell

Summary
In which Bell writes from Leeds describing her recent activities with her brother, Maurice, and her cousin, Horace Marshall.
Reference code
GB/1/1/2/1/1/20
Recipient
Bell, Sir Thomas Hugh Lowthian
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Creation Date
Extent and medium
1 letter, paper
Language
English
Location
England ยป Leeds

53.831437, -1.511312

October 4th 1876 Highfield My dear Papa, Yesterday we had the little tea-things and had tea out of them. Today it is very foggy so we cannot go out. I hope you and Mama are quite well. Are there many flowers in America? there are very few here. Do you know Dolly West? she came and spent the afternoon with us and we had great fun. This afternoon I am going out on Horace's pony to ride. Horace has a beautiful white cat called Sam and sometimes Toby chases him. Maurice and I send our love and many kisses from your loving child Gertrude

Evolving Hands is a collaborative digital scholarship project between Newcastle University and Bucknell University which explores the use of Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) and Text Encoded Initiative (TEI XML) to enhance cultural heritage material. In this project, we have applied these methods to a selection of letters from the Gertrude Bell Archive.

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