These letters graciously have been shared with the Victorian Web by Eunice and Ron Shanahan; they have been taken from their website. The letters give an insight into the daily lives and concerns of 'ordinary' people without whom history would not exist. The letters are a wonderful example of how much history may be gleaned from such sources.
This letter from the past was written more than 200 years ago.
The writer of this letter, who signed himself Jno: C. Brooke, Somt. (Jno was a recognised abbreviation at that time for the name John) was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and became Somerset Herald in 1777. He was secretary to the Earl Marshal, and a lieutenant in the militia of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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