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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D3580/C/82 |
| Title | John Longsdon at Boston [United States of America] to his mother Elizabeth Longsdon saying that he has no very good news |
| Date | 14 Aug 1809 |
| Description | Prince Edward Island is no primeval paradise but a garden over-grown with weeds inhabited by a most complete idle collection of all Nations. He left Halifax [Nova Scotia] on Sunday 23 and landed at Boston on Sunday 30 July. He is impressed. Here as in England, business is overdone. Manchester houses have manufactured enough to serve the world for 4 or 5 years.
He has frequently visited George Barker from Darley Dale who is engaged in lucrative business and has 2 pretty children and a wife. He has no positive plans. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Longsdon family of Little Longstone |
| Privacy Notice | Data Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice |
| Term | Letters (documents) |