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Actions	Donald Currie & Co., to Miss Barbara Reid, 1878 Remove from selection Add to selection Object number2011.022.6 TitleDonald Currie & Co., to Miss Barbara Reid, 1878 CreatorDonald Currie & Co. Descriptionhandwritten letter from Donald Currie & Co., 3 & 4 Fenchurch Street, London, to Miss Barbara Reid, 1, Poole Lane, Peterhead, regarding the death of Miss Reid's brother Alexander of typhoid in Calcutta, on September 16th, 1878. Alexander had been ill for 12 days and was cared for at the General Hospital, Calcutta. He became ill during his service on board the 'ROSLIN CASTLE,' and the crew of this ship and the sister ships 'ARUNDEL CASTLE' and 'TANTALLON CASTLE' had raised the sum of £28 18s to aid his children, now orphaned. Dated London, October 21st, 1878 Production place3 and 4, Fenchurch Street, London Production date 1878-09-21 Object nameletter Dimensions height: 25.3 cm width: 20.1 cm

Object number2011.022.6

TitleDonald Currie & Co., to Miss Barbara Reid, 1878

Descriptionhandwritten letter from Donald Currie & Co., 3 & 4 Fenchurch Street, London, to Miss Barbara Reid, 1, Poole Lane, Peterhead, regarding the death of Miss Reid's brother Alexander of typhoid in Calcutta, on September 16th, 1878. Alexander had been ill for 12 days and was cared for at the General Hospital, Calcutta. He became ill during his service on board the 'ROSLIN CASTLE,' and the crew of this ship and the sister ships 'ARUNDEL CASTLE' and 'TANTALLON CASTLE' had raised the sum of £28 18s to aid his children, now orphaned. Dated London, October 21st, 1878

Production place3 and 4, Fenchurch Street, London

Production date 1878-09-21

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