Letter from Johnes, Betha (sister, now Lady Hills-Johnes),
- L4982.
- Ffeil
- 1907 Apr. 10.
Ivy Bush Hotel Carmarthen. Travelling companions; re members of the Cawdor family.
Letter from Johnes, Betha (sister, now Lady Hills-Johnes),
Ivy Bush Hotel Carmarthen. Travelling companions; re members of the Cawdor family.
Letter from Johnes, Betha (sister, now Lady Hills-Johnes),
A train carriage. St. George's talk with Charlotte; tells her to get well soon.
Letter from Johnes, Sir James Hills-, [D.W.B.],
S.S. Kinfauns Castle and Cape Town. Life on board; a calm voyage; he did not receive a letter from Lord Roberts, General Sir Forestier Walker or Sir Herbert because of a mix-up through illness.
Letter from Johnes, Sir James Hills-, [D.W.B.],
Kroonstad. Thanks for a letter and diary; the relief of Mafeking and excitement in London; the death of their dog; the progress of a horse who had been in a smash; he is glad to hear that the militia is to go to Fort Poplar; other matters.
Letter from Johnes, Sir James Hills-, [D.W.B.],
Kroonstad. They are in the valley of the foldmines; Lord Roberts's skills; they are disappointed at not getting into Johannesburg that day; the Boers are demoralized; he thinks Gen. Buller will delay his return home.
Letter from Johnes, Sir James Hills-, [D.W.B.],
Kimberley. An interesting day's work; dinner with Gen. Sir Charles Parsons; he hopes to sail home in his steamer in August.
Letter from Johnes, Sir James Hills-, [D.W.B.],
Pretoria. Thanks for news; the sad business of the China war; the war in S. Africa is no nearer to its end; De Wet keeps evading capture.
Letter from Leeke, Annabella M. (née Drummond),
Inkberrow Redditch. Her baby son will be a companion to the other boy although she really wanted a girl. [See also L7920-24 to Betha Johnes].
Letter from Leeke, Annabella M. (née Drummond),
Inkberrow Redditch. Aunt Guss's serious illness; she is pleased that Cha and Betha are friendly with Madeline [Drummond].
Letter from Leeke, Annabella M. (née Drummond),
Portiscliff Ferryside. Disappointment at failing to visit Edwinsford; offering C.J. a picture of her mother, (Lady Mary Eleanor Drummond).
Letter from Leeke, Annabella M. (née Drummond),
Edwinsford. The death of [Madeline Drummond] and sympathy with her husband Joe [Sir James Drummond].
Letter from Lloyd, M.E. [Lizzy],
Westbury Bristol. Enclosing a note for Kina; news of ?Moira; Beatrice Hughes's illness, when writer had to send the children out of the house before she could get any help; Charlotte's weak condition. See also L 8021-8028 to B. Johnes.
Kilrue Boncath. Congratulations on acquiring Sir James Hills as a brother[-in-law].
Carmarthen. Messrs Stapleton, Mr. Cookman's solicitors, have not acknowledged receipt of either of his letters; a sale re M. Dixon.
Letter from National Provincial Bank Ltd,
Llandovery. Payment of interest on Miss Puckard's mortgage.
Offering the benefice of Ciliau Aeron to Morgan Griffiths, and recommending W. Owen for Llanycrwys. [See also L8579-8617 to Betha Johnes].
Mrs. Brown, a widow, is worthy of support.
Letter from Papini, Alessandro,
Firenze. New Year greetings and a Dantescan calendar. See also L 8636-8638 to Betha Johnes.
124 Holland Rd. Thanks for her father's memoirs; other news.
Letter from Ramsay, Dorothea [Sir Andrew Ramsay's daughter],
Thanks for a book; a maniac friend's use of D.R's father's work to prove her crack-brained theory. [See also L9019-30 to Betha Johnes].