Letter from Jane Cannan to Jeannette du Bois Raymond in Berlin, Madras and overland via Trieste

Component identifier:

Item 14

Content Summary:

Letter discusses servants; Jane's feelings of failing in managing money and house keeping; Jane's forays into cooking: what food and how much they eat each week; gives news of her first pregnancy and the apprehension to make preparations as 'this is a great contry for people being disappointed'; mention of David being unwell; a railway open to Sandridge; an upcoming exhibition of natural curiosities; and talk of family members.

Names:

Johnson, Margaret Dorothea

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