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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D3580/C/232 |
| Title | 5 September 1811
Heligoland. John Longsdon to father. Hope his harvest is completed and that he is enjoying a little partridge shooting. Much pleased with William's correspondence after he left London.
Mr G M [Morewood] must be father's neighbourhood - please tell him that writer could not succeed at Harwich in getting any stock for Island consumption - never a ham or tongue for sale in Harwich. Writer has to subsist on produce of island except coffee and sugar which are tolerably cheap and rather intolerably so. Change of air and diet likely to do writer good - change more effectual by him going without his dinner sometimes and shall be more pleased with every day fare when returns home. Health now good. When less engaged in business of their friends, writer will look about him and perhaps buy a parcel of twist at a low rate if he can find any first quality of their numbers. The best 40 hanks sold at 1/9 Carriage to London about 2½d per pound. Shall buy nothing if not good and very low - many buy small lot of raw cotton. Do not write to him in Heligoland. |
| Date | 1811 |
| Level | file |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Longsdon family of Little Longstone |