Letter, Thomas Nicholson
Maker
Nicholson, Thomas
Production date
13 Jul 1854
Object detail
Brief Description
A letter written from Thomas Nicholson to Mrs John Kerr regarding her husband's estate.
The contents of the letter are: the large balance due to the firm of Christopher Kerr & Co at the death of her husband will mean that the proceeds of the Policies of Insurance on his life and the prospective share of the proceeds or profits in that firm, to which he is entitled, will be absorbed.
Mrs Kerr will be entitled to three hundred pounds per annum and that she will have to move from her large house to a smaller more moderately rented house, as the rent of the present one would of itself absorb one third of her whole income.
Thomas Nicholson also writes about Mrs John Kerr's sons and their future prospects. The selling of her furniture and the silver plate would assist in completing the professional education of her two sons.
He finishes that the letter has given him: considerable pain to have to write thus to you .... but .... in reality it is an act of the greatest kindness both to your children and yourself.
The letter is dated 13 July 1854.
The contents of the letter are: the large balance due to the firm of Christopher Kerr & Co at the death of her husband will mean that the proceeds of the Policies of Insurance on his life and the prospective share of the proceeds or profits in that firm, to which he is entitled, will be absorbed.
Mrs Kerr will be entitled to three hundred pounds per annum and that she will have to move from her large house to a smaller more moderately rented house, as the rent of the present one would of itself absorb one third of her whole income.
Thomas Nicholson also writes about Mrs John Kerr's sons and their future prospects. The selling of her furniture and the silver plate would assist in completing the professional education of her two sons.
He finishes that the letter has given him: considerable pain to have to write thus to you .... but .... in reality it is an act of the greatest kindness both to your children and yourself.
The letter is dated 13 July 1854.
Collection
Maker
Production date
13 Jul 1854
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Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten on paper with black ink.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Paper: Height x Width: 238 x 187mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
13 Jul 1854
Credit line
from the estate of Miss Elizabeth Webb
Other number(s)
m99/78/126, 76523
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