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Richd. How (Aspley) to his sons Richd., Wm., & J. How. A list of innumerable tales...
Catalogue reference: HW/87/319
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HW/87/319
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Date (When the record was created)
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4 March 1779
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Description (What the record is about)
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Richd. How (Aspley) to his sons Richd., Wm., & J. How. A list of innumerable tales of industry & virtue rewarded by success, & idleness & vice punished : includes "Our late neighbour Sawell came to the School a poor boy, performed the most servile offices, an sweeping the yard, cleaning shoes, etc. By his diligent attention to the instructions he received in requital for his services, he profited so well that he was employed as usher, & succeeded his master, by industry & frugality was enabled to bring up his family & provide for them handsomely, & to give his son a university education, who is now in thriving circumstances, - an well as our neighbour Morris, descended from mean parents. who by his assiduity & good behaviour has acquired a large income." also "John Eliot, who in the last century learned the language of the Virginia Indians & translated the bible into it ...... "Of those who for their crimes suffer death by the hands of the executioner, very many date their ruin from the time misspent at school..." - Pleased to hear of Jacky's recovery, & that Billy is working better.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/061518fd-14f8-441a-a29f-2f20df0abeff/
Series information
HW/87
Letters & Papers of the How Family
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How White Papers
Within the series: HW/87
Letters & Papers of the How Family
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Richd. How (Aspley) to his sons Richd., Wm., & J. How. A list of innumerable tales...