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Letter from Gertrude Bell to her half-sister, Mary 'Molly' Trevelyan [née Bell]

Summary
In which Belll discusses her recent activities and notes that she will soon be visiting King Feisal's farm. Includes mention of gardening and ongoing preparatory work for the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, which Bell describes as "the one permanent thing that I have created", expressing hope that it will expand in the future. Envelope has note saying "The last letters I had from Gertrude", presumably written by Mary and referring to this letter and the proceeding one (dated 20th April, 1926).
Reference code
GB/1/1/5/1/3/16
Recipient
Trevelyan [née Bell], Lady Mary [Molly]
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Person(s) mentioned
Clayton, Iltyd
Hussein, Feisal bin al-
Creation Date
Extent and medium
1 letter plus envelope, paper
Language
English
Location
Coordinates

33.315241, 44.3660671

There is currently no transcription available for this item.

IIIF Manifest
https://cdm21051.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/info/p21051coll46/10803/manifest.json
Licence
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