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Norwich.—Suffield has been appointed head clerk in the Isle of France (Mauritius).
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Norwich 22d May 1813
My dear Sir
I rec[eive]d yesterday your favour of 20 Inst. & feel myself very much obliged by your kind remembrance of poor Suffield. I am happy to say that through the Interest of our excellent Bishop {1} he has obtained the situation of Head Clerk in the Isle of France {2} with a salary of £450 P[er] {3} ann. & I am doing what I can to raise a sum to enable him his wife & five children to make the voyage thither with some degree of comfort. His compagnons de voyage will be Theodore Hook Pic Nic Greville {4} & Sir Rob[er]t Barclay. I will not omit to avail myself of your kind invitatation when I come to Yarmouth & am my D[ea]r Sir
very truly yrs
John Pitchford
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Mounted on a larger sheet, i.e. inserted into a space cut out for it.
{1} Henry Bathurst.
{2} Mauritius.
{3} ‘per’ is represented by a special sign.
{4} Henry Francis Greville.
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- Pitchford, John (fl. 1813), of Norwich (Subject)
- Suffield, Robert (1771-1818), civil servant in Mauritius (Subject)
- Bathurst, Henry (1744-1837), Bishop of Norwich (Subject)
- Hook, Theodore Edward (1788-1841), writer and hoaxer (Subject)
- Greville, Henry Francis (1760-1816), impresario (Subject)
- Barclay, Sir Robert (1755-1839), 8th Baronet, banker and politican (Subject)
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This description was created by A. C. Green in 2022.