Reference
SM/E33
Title
Letter from Jane Lines to 'my dear Joseph'
Date free text
Not dated, paper watermarked 1818
Production date
From: 1818 To: 1832
Scope and Content
wishing him well on his journey to the Brazils. She sends him a writing desk and asks him to use it '...you are also embarking on the Ocean of Life, an important and momentous voyage, in which the most experience Pilot often Errs, I cannot resist the present opportunity of making a few observations on the subject.....[moral reflections] ... I fear my young friend you are almost tired of this sentimental strain nor can scarcely comprehend it possible your grave correspondent should be the same as a few days back was trying her skill aginst you in pitching halfpence into a tea Canister...'
Level of description
item