Autograph letter signed with initials : Lowestoft, to Horace Basham, 1874 Dec. 11.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Lowestoft, to Horace Basham, 1874 Dec. 11.

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Mentioning his trip to Lowestoft to see his nieces, and noting his intention to visit again at Christmas. Discussing the return for herring boats, noting it is "not so good as last year." With a postscript describing the washing ashore of a ship, and developments in the weather and tide.

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Fitzgerald, Edward, 1809-1883

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