Letter from Laura Riddell, in Hingoli, Deccan [India], to her daughter Laura [in England]

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Mr. Boak; Aunt Susan’s bequests; George’s departure from Bombay with Mrs. Gilchrist on 9 April; desire for Laura not to meet Mrs. Gilchrist because of her unsatisfactory appearance; sadness at George’s departure; anxiety over Laura’s future; exchange rate; Mrs. Donaldson; Family Remittance payments; her husband’s refusal of the post of Principal Medical Officer with the troops at Suakin; letter-writing skills; annoyance at Mrs. Darnell; dance

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