1971 - William Sancho to William Stevenson, 14 February 1809
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Dear Sir
I have been in a Thousand Perplexities during the last
Month – I fear my Difficulties will know no End –
All things are coming upon me at once; & a
Turn of good Order, without any Turn of Money
is as fatal as lack of Imployment altogether.
I have given you Credit for Bees’ [illeg]
I hope to have an Interview with the Proprietor
of {?Holbein} this Week –
Mr Singleton has my warmest wishes & there is
nothing within my Power that I will not do
for him.
I thank you most sincerely for thinking of me
in respect to the Purchase of Libraries; I will
endeavour to deserve your Kindness –
And now my Dr Sir with Assurances of a complete
Reform in my Correspondence I remain with
Kindest Respects to your family
Yours most sincerely
W Sancho.
Mr Stevenson
Bookseller
Norwich
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Mr Sancho
Feby 14 1809
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Sanchos
Letters
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Mr Stevenson
Bookseller
Norwich
Dear Sir
I have been in a Thousand Perplexities during the last
Month – I fear my Difficulties will know no End –
All things are coming upon me at once; & a
Turn of good Order, without any Turn of Money
is as fatal as lack of Employment altogether.
I have given you Credit for Bees’ [illeg]
I hope to have an Interview with the Proprietor
of {?Holbein} this Week –
Mr Singleton has my warmest wishes & there is
nothing within my Power that I will not do
for him.
I thank you most sincerely for thinking of me
in respect to the Purchase of Libraries; I will
endeavour to deserve your Kindness –
And now my Dr Sir with Assurances of a complete
Reform in my Correspondence I remain with
Kindest Respects to your family
Yours most sincerely
W Sancho.
Mr Stevenson
Bookseller
Norwich
[new page, new hand, change of direction]
Mr Sancho
Feby 14 1809
[new hand]
Sanchos
Letters
[new hand]
Mr Stevenson
Bookseller
Norwich
William Sancho to William Stevenson, 14 February 1809
Written a year before his death, William lacks money and is extremely worried about his situation, which has worsened during the past month. He thanks Stevenson for his kindness and promises to be a better correspondent.
Images at https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-only-surviving-manuscript-letters-of-ignatius-sancho, images 61-64.
Stevenson Papers: Sancho family
Add MS 89077/31-32
British Library
1809
2
14
14 Feby 1809
New Gate [?London, City of London, England]
Norwich [Norfolk, England]
primary author
- work
- writing
- affection
- distress
- fear
- grateful
- worried
- distraction
- duty
- thought
patronage
mind - worsening
To Cite this Letter
William Sancho to William Stevenson, 14 February 1809, 1421809: British Library, Stevenson Papers: Sancho family, Add MS 89077/31-32
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Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.