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Description: | Includes letters from Alfred Alston Merrifield, Mary Catherine Merrifield, Elizabeth Merrifield and Tindsley Cowham of Friskney. With an accompanying list of the letters compiled by Frances Brennan, the granddaughter of Alfred Alston Merrifield.
11) May Merrifield to a "Mrs William".
Re. the death of her father, Thomas Seare Merrifield.
Wainfleet. 27 April 1868.
12) Mr B Brigg to Mary Catherine Merrifield.
Describes the character of a Miss Hider (Emma Elizabeth Hider), who has become closely acquainted with Mary Merrifield's son, Alfred Alston. "Though poor, Miss Hider I believe belongs to heavens nobility, & is a child of God."
146 Abbey Street, Bermondsey. 17 October [? 1891].
21) Alfred Alston Merrifield to Mary Catherine Merrifield.
"Bermondsey is considered a healthy place owing to the tan pits, which some say cure consumption etc..."
16 Edmund Place, Aldersgate. 5 December 1891.
22) Alfred Alston Merrifield to Mary Catherine Merrifield.
"Many people have gone to rest thro this Fever (called Influenza) round & near Bermondsey, yet we are clear to some places in London - You see the Lime used in cleaning the cow hair off the Hide destroys a deal of desease [sic]..."
16 Edmund Place, Aldersgate. 19 January 1892. | Temporal: | 1869-1892 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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