Record

RefNoHSF/2/2/83
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Is [Isabella] Delafosse, Dehli, to 'My dear Mr Herschel' [John Herschel]
Date18 January 1865
DescriptionHer husband has asked her to write as he has a deadline to meet. Mrs Gordon is better and the doctor is not anxious about her. Mrs Delafosse gives an account of her condition after a shock and her state of recovery. Her own services were the result of a pleasure in helping people and she herself has had help from strangers during illnesses in India.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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