Letters
A small number of letters from Peter's large collection are reproduced here, either as transcriptions or as scans of the original. The writers are Jenny Young, George Richard Mackarness, Dr Frank Godfrey, Grace Milford and Torla Mackarness.
This PDF document (click to view) lists all the letters and telegrams catalogued so far, in chronological order where possible The earliest was written in about 1847, the latest in 1944.
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This PDF document (click to view) lists all the letters and telegrams catalogued so far, in chronological order where possible The earliest was written in about 1847, the latest in 1944.
Contact us if you would like to consult a document, or add a new one to the archive.
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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