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Description
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Letter from Stephen Duly in Tonbridge England. letter, possibly the front of the letter - July 27, Shall be able to let my rooms now for they are first going to begin enlarge our old church & the yard for they mean to pull down the steeple & belfry & build new ones for it is a disgrace to the parish & the people too for the congregation is ????? than ever & ???ounday lately their money boxes only collected ?? I am told so they must do as they like with their about 10 thousand pounds contract to be done by William ?Punnett? strange things happen nowadays I still feel terrible to walk about and get weaker as the months roll on but an end will come perhaps soon may the Lord grant that we all my find mercy of the Lord in the day that He shall send for us to meet him Amen say I, one side of the letter - My Daughter has Ben Ill for 3 weeks & is not able to work at all yet I feel it will be 2 or 3 weeks before she will get quite well again to do her own work & it is a sad trouble to me but I do the best I can to keep the wolfe from the Door, I must now finish this to send it away hoping it may reach you all in due time for you to read yourself & May the Lord Bless you in your Business your Basket & your store and all your boys & girls & yourself with health for years to come I subscribe myself most respectfully, Steven Duly, Seven Lane on No. 12 East Street, Tonbridge, Fairwell
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
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Identifier
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Mta_WFC_93044.009_mam
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Source
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Marjorie Bell Castelda
Letter from Stephen Duly