Pièce MFP/5/8/1 - Letter from J [Jane] Pontey at Kirkheaton to her grandson, Joseph Munby, at Monk Bar, York

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Letter summary:
Hopes he arrived home safely as she worries about accidents. Asks what each lot of his property was sold for, - likely to be less than value, “but we must learn patience by these things.

Includes a later note by Frederick J Munby, “My father was just 16 at this date. His mother had been dead a few months and his father had been dead more than 4 years. He was articled in his late Father’s office with a prospect of a partnership to which he never succeeded, though his Father’s banking account shows a turnover of about £80,000 per annum. He determined to live down his difficulties and he made a practice for himself in his native town.

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