Correspondence
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
2 Mar 1917
Materials
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11273
Summary
Three letters headed: NESS CASTLE INVERNESS. Within a cream coloured envelope stamped: NESS CASTLE. Addressed to: Mrs Gibbs / Tyntesfield / Bristol. Postmarked: INVERNESS / 2nd March 1917. All three letters are from Esme Smyth to Mrs Gibbs, and concern the use of Ashton Court as a hospital for soldiers wounded in WW1.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.