Reference code
SA/36/25
Title
Mary Brooking, to [Richard] Paton
Date
16 Oct 1769
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece, 1p.
Content Description
Requesting advice on whether she should allow her brother to go to sea, as he is not interested in any trade on shore, and takes delight only in "boats and ships and raking about the Streets from Morning to night". She also asks for any word about her brother, William.