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HOUG/H/A/13
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Letter from Mary Elizabeth Lake to her mother Mary Ann Lake
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- 12 Apr. 1862 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet.
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South Metropolitan District School, Sutton, Surrey. - Has been ill with the fever but is getting better now; will be down soon; is very glad her mother is coming down to see her. Has 'mutton and beer and I shall soon get strong again'. Ends with many kisses.
Note on last page of letter asks Mrs Beckett to give this letter to her mother; sends love to her and her son.
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HOUG/26/116: Letter, 20 Jan. 1876, from Catherine Maria Vaughan to Lord Houghton, requesting help for Mary Lake (jun.) re her marriage to John William Topham.
HOUG/EM/12/1: Letter, 5 Feb. 1859, from Mary Lake, asking for a letter of recommendation for the position of a nurse at Greenwich College; her husband Frederick is dead.