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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 3290/2/146
TitleLetter from Amelia Nyasa Laws to her relatives
Date10 September 1916
Extent1 sheet
DescriptionLetter from Amelia Nyasa Laws, Hôpital Auxiliaire No. 10, Hotel Bristol, Aix-le-Bains, Savoie, France, to her relatives, with the news that Uncle is to return to Aix next week; Blake has bullied him out; Mr. Sutherland says Blake will stay six months, as Uncle had said, but Blake will only stay two; Mrs. Blake and Miss Nevin had saied that they would have to leave for Florence shortly to do their Y.W.C.A. work, but they have now taken an apartment in Mürren; Miss Nevin is anxious for a husband; the British Legation at Berne will give Uncle a free pass back to Aix; Amelia has abandoned teaching this week to allow the nurses to get over their jealousies; it is difficult to get letter-writing done for they are a distraction; thanks to Aunt Amy for letter and to mother for enclosures; a photograph of Amelia in uniform is enclosed [no longer present]; they can see she is stout and healthy, and the two litres of milk she is allowed daily make up for the extra exercise; some of her patients had asked for a souvenir of her.
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