F. Barrett to Frederick Chesson, 20 October 1879, C125/117

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Correspondent

Barrett, F.

demographic

metropolitan

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

1879-10-20

City

Plymouth

region

England

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MSS. Brit. Emp. S. 18 / C125-117

Transcript:

Thornpark
Plymouth
20 October 1879

Dear Sir,

I hope you will not fail to bring the case of the Zulu boy before the Board, indeed it is a sad sad case. All agree that the boy is most unsuitably placed and the intention of making him mess waiter is very unfortunate – he is eleven years old – so bright and intelligent that the school mistress is in difficulty now to teach him with other children of the regiment.

Yrs truly
F. Barrett