Identity area
Reference code
GB 3544 RHN-FU-02-03-44
Title
Letters from the East Country
Date(s)
- 1889 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (44pp)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Christmas appeal for the hospital by an unknown writer. Appeal takes the form of letters to unknown recipients relating the narrator’s visits to the hospital's pensioners in their homes in the east of England. Includes a number of illustrations of patients and the countryside, as well as a detached foldout engraving of the hospital. There is an appeal to readers by the Secretary, Frederic Andrew, at the back.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Severe fading to the cover and some foxing on the cover and the pages. Comes with a green textile hard back cover
Allied materials area
Existence and location of copies
There is a photocopied version for reference