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RefNoST/2/2/1606
CollectionGB 286: Sambourne Family Archive
Date19 Nov 1899
DescriptionLetter to Marion Sambourne from her brother Edgar Herapath, saying he has written to Edith [Furrell] re her coming [to England] and will let her know what she says, sorry to hear she is unwell and invites her to Cricklade for a day or two, fears though she would find it dull as they hunt three days a week and he fishes but there is nothing else to do, fears that when he leaves the service he will not be able to settle in the country, thinks he will be going to India in February but all that might change as he thinks the biggest battles in the Boer War are still to come, describes the area and the hunting. Envelope.
Written at Alkerton House, Cricklade, Wiltshire.
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