Reference
Z1004/7
Title
J. Ransom, postmarked Hitchen [sic], to Maria Ransom, c/o Ann Burgess, The Newarke, Leicester. Letter folded with stamp on outside
[Copy only - original retained by depositor]
Date free text
23 Aug 1843
Production date
From: 1843 To: 1843
Scope and Content
Mainly concerned with social news. Discusses family travels on the south coast to Southampton, Bognor, Worthing and Brighton. Mentions his mother’s health, and offers nursing advice. Discusses the recent Quaker Meeting. Reassures her he will find a servant. He has acquired ‘Implements of Agriculture’ by Allen Ransom, and comments, “it seems a clever thing.”
Level of description
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