Letter, 1822 Jun. 26, Leeds [England] to "My dear Mother" [i.e. Sarah Bray] Boston.

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Letter, 1822 Jun. 26, Leeds [England] to "My dear Mother" [i.e. Sarah Bray] Boston.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34366823

Tells of his arrival in London with his father, and of his father's death; quotes obituary.

[2] p. on 1 l. Holograph signed.

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John Francis Bray (1809-1897) was born in Washington in the United States, the son of a singer and comedian who was descended from West Riding farmers and cloth manufacturers. In 1822 the Bray family returned to Leeds. When his father died a few days following the family's return to Yorkshire Bray stayed with his aunt who was a milliner. During the 1820s he became apprenticed to a printer and bookbinder in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. He later moved to Selby, North Yorkshire to complete his appre...

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