• Reference
    HW87/301
  • Title
    Letter: Gilbert van der Smissen (Altona) to Richard How II (Aspley). Would be glad to have How's step son, Thomas Ramsay, to board with him & learn German and study trade in the counting house.
  • Date free text
    13 Oct. 1769
  • Production date
    From: 1769 To: 1769
  • Scope and Content
    Remembers riding into Norfolk in 1733 with Robert Ramsay (Thomas Ramsay's grandfather). Sorry to hear Briggins’ children have smallpox, nephews & nieces have been innoculated.
  • Level of description
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