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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7845/4
TitleLetter and other items found in envelope
Date[18th-early 19th cent]
DescriptionItems found in a reused envelope addressed to Mr J G Sanderson, Hardwick Mount, Buxton postmarked 1898. [The envelope was not contemporary with the documents and has been disposed of]:

(i) Letter from Charles Harris[?] to his parents, written from Devonshire House [London] referring to the Duke [of Devonshire] continuing at Brighton and discussing Charles's ill health. Continued underneath, a letter to Hannah [Redfearn] from her father, Robert Marsden, saying that her mother is not able to visit as she has to rub a medical preparation onto his arm two or three times a day. [?1850s]

(ii) Lock of brown hair, found inside letter but not related to the contents

(iii) Printed sheet, very crumpled and torn: 'Copy of a letter written by our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ' [18th cent]
Extent3 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorRobert Marsden and Nathaniel Woodhouse of Edensor
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