Letters
This document (click to view) lists all the letters and telegrams in Peter Mackarness' collection, chronologically. The earliest was written in about 1847, the latest in 1944. A few documents have been scanned or transcribed so far, and appear below.
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1840s 'such a queer man ...with a red wig, a still redder nose and black SPLODSHES on his face' - letter from Jenny Young (sister-in-law of George Richard Mackarness) to her mother
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1847-8 'We have a cruise in prospect - to Tenerife. The Royalties are all going except the Queen' - selections by Eleanor Booker from George Richard Mackarness' Madeira letters
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January 1915 - 'She is one in a thousand and is just full of heart, of sympathy, of love and unselfishness' - letter from Dr. Frank Godfrey to his son-in-law Cuthbert Mackarness in Calcutta. See Grace Mackarness' diary from 1915 for the context of this letter.
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February 1915 - 'He is a good fellow - sound & straight & clean - he will make her happy' - extracts from Dr. Frank Godfrey's letter to his sister, Frederica who was was en route to Australia
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1918 - 'A wonderful bit of news, viz. that dear old Guy is engaged to be married!' - letter from Grace Mackarness to her second
son Cuthbert
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1920 - 'As I write by the fire in my room, that small Peter of yours is making hay on the floor with my instrument bag and its contents, chuckling and roaring with laughter' - letter from Dr. Frank Godfrey to his son-in-law Cuthbert
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