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D3580 - Longsdon family of Little Longstone - [14th-20th Cent]
C - Correspondence
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D3580/C/315
Title
16 November 1812
William Longsdon to Mother Long delayed letters at length to hand. Letter from John, Gibraltar 27 and 28 Sept.
Dolphin from Gibraltar to Mahon - likely delay arrival at Malta - slow passage with Convoy. Met Lieutenant Barker. Here writer has good quarters in an English hotel; heat excessive and expense of living prodigious. Politics. Social life. Continues study of Italian and can now read an easy book - clothes left behind - William has supplied him with linen.
Date
1812
Level
file
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Longsdon family of Little Longstone
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