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TM/1/1/27-Letter from William Manning, Diss, Norfolk, [24 August 1803]


Letter from William Manning to Thomas Manning asking him to consider carefully his plan of going to China and the friends in England that he will leave behind. He gives family news, writes that he has harvested and is thinking of taking a fishing licence. Handwritten, 1 piece, 3 sides. Dated in a different hand 24 August 1803