These letters graciously have been shared with the Victorian Web by Eunice and Ron Shanahan; they have been taken from their website. The letters give an insight into the daily lives and concerns of 'ordinary' people without whom history would not exist. The letters are a wonderful example of how much history may be gleaned from such sources.
This was a
Paid letter and has a charge
mark of 1/- in red, but no India
marks, and he wrote on it “Via Southampton”. From the reference
books I have checked Southampton was not an option, but it is possible that
he wrote that for the English end, Southampton being nearer to Muntham Sussex.
It went to London and was stamped with the Tombstone PAID datestamp JA 21 1851
and then finally the Horsham circular datestamp JA 21 1851, 39 days after it
was posted in India. He has also initialled it in the bottom left hand corner
"W.T.C. 13/12/50"
Last modified 14 February 2005