| Sender Location | 10 South Street, Park Lane [London] |
| Administrative History | - Jemima/Jamimah Brown, born about 1810, living at Commonside, Holloway
- Anthony Boden, born about 1804, living at Commonside, Holloway
- Elizabeth Broom, born about 1803, living at Lea
- Hannah Allen, born about 1810 and her sister Ann Allen, born about 1824, living in Lea Road and later Haslam Lane, Holloway
- Mrs March: not identified
Sources: Civil registration indexes, 1871 and 1881 census
"swept and garnished" etc. is a quotation from chapter 11 of St Luke's Gospel and chapter 12 of St Matthew's Gospel |
| Transcript or Index | 10 South St. W.
April 26/84
My dear Sir
We are always glad to hear of the Whatstandwell Coffee room. But if you think the "men do not like our wares," could you suggest any thing else, any other drinks, foods or amusements, that they woud like better, with which they could be supplied?
We used to think the receipts very satisfactory - are they less so? I am afraid you think them less so. The thing perhaps is - not so much to keep "men out of the public house" - ( - "swept and garnished" - & "7 devils, worse than before" occurs to me)
but [crossed through] ^as^ to give them the means to keep out of the public house.
Are the quarry & labouring men "corrupt"? Not so much as Londoners - not so much as mill people - are they?
Poor old Mrs Brown - I trust she will pull through under your kind care. She is an industrious old woman. Pray tell her how much I feel for her.
Also Anthony Boden
& old Betty Broom & more particularly the Allens
also Mrs March.
Thank you for all your kind care. |