• Reference
    FAC152/1/21
  • Title
    Letter from Reverend Charles Edward Searle to George Thomas Askew. Sent from Earl Stonham, Suffolk
  • Date free text
    1 December 1869
  • Production date
    From: 1869 To: 1869
  • Scope and Content
    Asks George to thank Mrs Askew [Isabel Julia Askew] for sending the Victoria newspapers to him and asks Mrs Askew to send him a letter giving an account of domestic life in Chemainus. Asks for information about George and Mrs Askew's baby son [Charles Searle] after seeing the birth notice - has passed on this information to George's family in Odell. Has spoken to Mr Cory, who is the architect of a school that he [Charles] is building in the village. Mr Cory has received several letters from his son who emigrated to Vancouver Island and speaks kindly of George. Is going to be leaving Stonham to return to Pembroke College, Cambridge and asks that George address his letters there.
  • Format
    photocopy
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  • Level of description
    item