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D1884 - Hodgkiss family of Hawthorne Dene, Baslow - [late 18th cent]-1977
3 - Miss E Gladys Hodgkiss (died 1976) and Miss A Mabel Hodgkiss (died c1977), personal papers and letters from relatives - 1913-1977
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D1884/3/14
Title
Bundle of letters from Fred Hodgkiss to his sisters Gladys and Mabel
Date
1943-1972
Description
Letters sent from Nairobi and Naivasha, Kenya, 1943-1962, and from Fish Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa, 1972; letters refer to family news, FH's views of the British government, and his involvement in a 'League' in Kenya, 1961-1962 [helping to set British families up in South Africa?]
Also includes letter from South African solicitors to Misses M and G Hodgkiss referring to the late Alfred Hodgkiss's estate, 7 Nov 1972
Extent
25 folios
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Hodgkiss family of Hawthorne Dene, Baslow
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Term
Travel abroad
Colonialism
British Empire
Emigration
Letters (documents)
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Type
Republic of Kenya
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