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Photograph of the Bell family drawing room in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America.

Obituary of Ellen Adine Bell, widow of David Charles Bell.

Letter from Oliver St John Gogarty at 45, East 61st Street, New York City, New York, to his friend Doctor Francis William Lamb.

Letter from Eva Monteith to Constance Lamb regarding her poor health. She mentions an enclosed photograph of Helen and Grace Bell which is no longer with the letter.

Two letter to Reverend Canon Adam Lamb. The first contains information about Rope's Rest (South Circular Road), Dublin, County Dublin. The second letter, from John Platt at West Side, Brompton-on-Swale, Richmond, Yorkshire, England, contains information about the famous gentleman robber Paul Liddy, found in the book, "The History of the Irish Rogues and Rapparees", published in 1776, and accessed at The National Library in Dublin.

Letter from Frank, surgeon of the 88th Regiment of the New York Infranty in the Union Army, at Harrisons Landing, James River, Virginia, to his father. He writes that he was saddened to hear of the death of his mother, and that he has been sending letters through his friend Howard Carroll, who was later appointed Colonel of the 105th Regiment of the New York Infrantry three days after this letter was sent, 2 August 1862, and led his regiment into the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862, and died on 29 September 1862. The identity of Frank is unknown, but he is likely Francis, the nephew of William Gainfort and Lucy Neville. Frank writes of the Irish Brigades courage in battles of July 1862, and of their heavy losses.

Photograph of elderly David Charles Bell standing with his arm around the wheelchair of his wife, Ellen Aileen Bell. The back reads, "June, 1901 Mr and Mrs David Bell Washington". Photograph printed by Abraham Lincoln Myers Ocean Front and New York Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States of America.

Photographic portrait of Doctor James Kerr. Printed by CW Bell at 463 and 465 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, United States of America.

Envelope from 432 West Price Street, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, to Doctor Francis William Lamb at University of Manchester, Manchester, England.

Photograph of the arms of Benjamin Fuller, taken from his tombstone at Christ Church burying yard, Philadelphia, by Harrold Gillingham.