• Reference
    HW87/302
  • Title
    Letter: Thomas Ramsay (Altona) to his mother & step father, Richard & Silena How.
  • Date free text
    7 Nov. 1769
  • Production date
    From: 1769 To: 1769
  • Scope and Content
    Details of voyage from London to Hamburg (it took nearly 3 weeks) His welcome by the Van der Smissens etc. : "Mr. Jacob was so kind as to go upstairs with me ev’ry night betwixt 9 & 10 o'clock & to call me at ½ past 6 clock in the morning & gives me a candle to dress myself by, & then I comes down stairs and goes to breakfast at Mr. van der Smissens table & dine & sups. I sits in masters little counting house along with a very good gentleman that will instruct me as much as he can when we can understand one another My love to my brothers & sisters, & should be glad to hear of a new ones being come.
  • Level of description
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