No 15 Rue Richepause
Paris
1 December 1882
My Dear Elmslie
A thousand apologies for not replying to your first letter received in Queensland.
I wrote to my brother-in-law Charles Armstrong at MacKay North Queensland. His reply was not encouraging.
If you are determined to go to Queensland ??? arrangements I will give you letters of introduction which will be invaluable to you
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to Paris call upon me. My wife and daughters will be delighted to see you – I told them long ago what a nice good looking fellow you are. Duke (my son) is at Dover College – Dover –
I received a letter from Chippendale today dated New Zealand.
I left Moreton Bay on the 29th August last. I arrived at Plymouth 3rd Nov. A lucky short passage.
Write soon
Yours very sincerely
Alex Bell