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Letter from Georgiana Guilford in Upper Deal, Kent, England, to Alice Ann Lamb at Sydling Vicarage, Dorchester, Dorset, England, with an enclosed second letter to Doctor William Pattison Kerr.

Letter from F Sundres at the Vicarage, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, to Alice Ann Lamb.

Personalised diary belonging to Dora Turnor.The diary was a 'gift from 'Etty [Hyeris] X-mas 1888' and is emblazoned with 'Dora' on the front cover.

The diary contains just one entry from 1 January 1888.

Copy of a letter from William Lamb at 31 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, County Dublin, to Henry Cockburn, manager of North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, 61 Threadneedle Street, London.

File of diaries written by Dora Trench which chart the last nine years of her life.

These diaries record the birth of her two daughters. Her eldest daughter Sheelah Trench was born on the 28 May ' 9 am Baby born. Eddie came at 11 p.m yesterday, & staid (sic) here all night also Blanche. Sent for Dr. Brodi about 12 p.m he came straight away again. He came again at 6 a.m & staid (sic) till 10 or 11. Chloroform from 6 till 9, took 2 oz.' The birth of her youngest daughter was recorded in Dora's diary by her husband Benjamin as she was preoccupied.17 Jul 1891 '...6.50 am baby girl born'

Her diary also records the sudden decline in her health and her eventual death in 1899. On the 27 March 1899 Dora writes about her final day before her asthma took hold, 'Shopped in [Brougham] & went to tea with Georgie walked home. Sheelah in with cold. Muriel to tea. Very mild, dull, showery. Thora went to 2nd dancing lesson.' Her death on the 7 April 1899 was recorded by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench who simply writes, 'My darling wife breathed her last at [Glebelands]. '

Letter from Elias William Kerr in Dorchester, Dorset, England, to his brother-in-law William Lamb at 31 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, County Dublin, regarding the death of his father, William Pattison Kerr.

Eleven letters from Constance Plunkett-Johnston to her mother Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath. Constance was traveling to Germany with her cousin, Eva Marsh (later Monteith), and described their trip in great detail. Her letters are sent from the Euston Hotel, London, England; the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, England; the Hotel De Flandre, Brussels, Belgium; the Grand Hotel, Homburg, Germany; Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London, England; and Mount Jerome, Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland.

Diary written by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench which documents his wife's death. Within the diary Benjamin records her last words, visits from her family, breaking the news to his daughters and her funeral.

One exchange Benjamin recorded shows that Dora Trench knew her death was imminent 'When I came upstairs after dinner she said. "Come & sit near me, we shall not have more evenings together' I asked if she felt worse or had been in pain. She said "No I feel my end is near".'

File of ten letters from Constance Plunkett-Johnston (later Lamb) on her trip to France, to her mother Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath. Letters were sent from 24 Leeson Park, Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland; 132 Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, England; Holyhead, Wales; and Hotel du Palais, 28 Cours La Reine, France.