Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/7/5
Level Item
Dates [6 Oct 1928]
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki]. Telling Herbert they had arrived and started work on [sorting out the sherds from the excavation in Chalkidiki, Mar-Apr 1928], the Heurtley’s [Walter and Eileen] had already arrived but Mrs Heurtley had malaria, and [R W] Hutchinson [‘the Squire’] was also there; about sending letters to the right address, the weather, that they had not had Dengue fever but had heard of 5 cases of bubonic [plague] in Athens, and plans to stay in Salonika [Thessaloníki] until the 20th [of Oct].
Notes See PEN 2/2/3/57-64 for photographs of Thessaloníki.
Related records [PEN 2/2/3], Volume, “Greece 1928-1929”, 16 Sep 1928-17 Dec 1929