Archive / Papers / Campbell-Metcalfe: Box 3

Description

Edward Campbell and Georgina Campbell, née Metcalfe
Given by Sir Guy Campbell, Bt.

  1. Folder containing 17 letters from Georgina Campbell to Edward Campbell, now her husband, May-Nov. 1854, written while E.C. was away at various postings. Details setting up their home in Ferozepore and the journey there from Delhi, personal and financial matters discussed. Death of her father.
  2. Folder containing 11 letters from Georgina Campbell to Edward Campbell while away at army postings, 1855 – he is now Military Secretary to the Governor-General. Personal matters, the welfare of their daughter, friction within her own family.
  3. Folder containing 21 letters from Georgina Campbell to Edward Campbell, 1856. Personal and domestic, much travelling as she moves around to his various postings. Describes travelling with their children. Distress at the death of one of the children at the end of the year.