William Jackson, Exeter, to Thomas Linley, Norfolk Street, Strand, London

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

HU/2/88

Title

William Jackson, Exeter, to Thomas Linley, Norfolk Street, Strand, London

Date

10 Oct 1779

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Recalling that within a space of two months he received the news of the death of two of Linley's sons; now it is he who has lost two sons, Frederic (10) and Romulus (8) and he is trying to follow his own advice. Scarlet fever is raging in Exeter, he provides anecdotes of the progress of the disease, "I see nothing but faces bathed in tears".