Letter from Reverend Caddell Holder to Thomas Hardy, 29 November 1872

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St. Juliot

Boscastle

Nov 29. 1872

Dear Mr Hardy

Many thanks to you for your very kind letter of yesterdays receipt I take the [earliest] opportunity to [write] a line to [express] ^to^ you how much I welcome the plan you have drawn & [sent off] of the route probable to be taken by the projected [railway] passing thru St. Juliot to [Launceston]; I hope to live to see it, but I fear it will [Page 2] be many years. Whoever does live to [witness] its opening will be indeed greatly accommodated, for the present generation are any thing but right as to [locomotion].

We all hope to see you on Wednesday the 18th (eighteenth) of December 1872. when we hope to have the pleasure of your company as long as you like.

The young lady, Miss Gifford whom you mention is still [Page 3] here & sends her regards &c to [&c] [gap of two characters: illegible].

With our best remembrances

Yours truly

Caddell Holder
T. Hardy Esq. [Page 4]

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Summary

Letter from Rev. Caddell Holder, Rector of St Juliot's, to Thomas Hardy mentioning the young woman, Emma, that he had met on his visit to St Juliot's and who was to become his first wife, 29 November 1872

Metadata

From

Person

Reverend Caddell Holder

Place

St Juliot Church, Boscastle, Cornwall

Date

29 November 1872

To

Person

Thomas Hardy

Physical Description

Written on cream paper. Pencil library marks on page 4: H.3449

Source

Dorset County Museum, H.3449