Reference
HW87/294
Title
Letter: Richard How II (Aspley) to Sarah How, his sister in law.
Date free text
n.d.
Scope and Content
An exceedingly long letter, listing her faults; her extravagance in dress & journeys to London & her schemings to obtain a settlement of her husband's property that would provide a bait for a 2nd husband if she should survive Briggins, her lst husband; how she was raised from a servile position, provided with a good, genteel education by Richard How I in preparation for the marriage to his son & provided with a £60 annuity. Richard How II thinks that Briggins' will should be made to put the disposal of the estate in the hands of guardians & to settle everything on the children. Mentions that Briggins mill has been put in good repair. Compares her settlement with his own wife's [Silena) position: Silena did not want a settlement made for herself, but handed over everything to Richard How II, including a large sum of money (she had had £1,000 at her lst marriage to Robert Ramsay.)
Level of description
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