Letter from Sir Maurice Bell to his father, Sir Hugh Bell, estimated to have been written in early to mid 1874.

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Summary

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Reference code

GB/1/1/2/2/1

Recipient

Bell, Sir Thomas Hugh Lowthian

Creator

Bell, Sir Maurice Lowthian

Creation Date

1 January, 1874 - 20 July, 1874

Extent and medium

1 letter, paper

Language

English

Location

Unclear

Transcription

Maurice

My dearest Pop

How the flowers are growing. When will the donkey and pony come when he will be home. When I will be a big man I will go to Middlesbro. I’ve broke my knife [illegible] going to buy me another knife and I wont break it. My love to every body

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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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