Identificatie
referentie code
HOUG/E/M/17/14
Titel
Letter from Edward Roche to Richard Monckton Milnes
Datum(s)
- [3] May 1850 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
2 ff.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
4 Market Alley, Gravesend. - Reduced to poverty; deserted from trading ship in 1816 and amassed £200 by 1827; returned home and started mother and sister in a confectionery business; own business as part owner of a ship and dealer in tallow, coal and bones subsequently failed; now forced to live among depraved drunkards; fears for moral welfare of his children; seeks funds to emigrate; would be an asset during passage; 'I might become a scololmaster...'. Cites Messrs Ogilby, Moore & Co. as referees in London. Postscript: pledged teetotaller via Father Mathew; has also written to Hon. Sidney Herbert.