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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)DA26/2/1/1
Title1917-[1919] correspondence from J. Laidlaw Maxwell Sr. to J. Preston and Lilly Maxwell
Extent146 letters
Date1917-[1949]
DescriptionManuscript letters from J. Laidlaw Maxwell Sr. to J. Preston and Lilly [nee Isaacson] Maxwell; manuscript letters from Mary Maxwell [nee Goodall] to Preston and Lilly; relating to First World War, missionary work, and domestic matters: references to illness and death of Mary Maxwell, late Jan 1918, and death of mother of Lilly [Mrs. Isaacson], 10th Jul 1918; mainly written from Bromley in Kent, Coldharbour in Dorking, Cordova and Chichester; headed by manuscript note from later date [written by J. Preston Maxwell]; includes two manuscript letters from [Est] [Lilly] Maxwell to Miss Fry and Miss [Mullikin]; relating to Chrismas season and general greetings, [1949]
Sequences: /1-/132 Letters from J. Laidlaw Maxwell Sr. to Preston and Lilly Maxwell; including /26 Letter from Mary Maxwell, and /58 Note with mounted newspaper cutting written in Chinese, Feb 1917-Mar 1919; /133-/144 Letters from Mary Maxwell to Preston and Lilly Maxwell, May 1917-[Jan 1918]; /145-/146 Letters from [Est] Maxwell to Miss Fry and Miss [Mullikin], [Dec 1949]
ArrangementArranged chronologically within separate sequences
LanguageEnglish
Access StatusOpen

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