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This wrapper has manuscript "London August sixteenth 1799" across the top.
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This design consists of 'FREE' above a circle with the date and two digit year inside the circle underneath a crown.
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.
Last modified: 3 December 2002