A Few Lines from Dear Old Cornwall

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Title

A Few Lines from Dear Old Cornwall

Subject

Picture
Anno

Description

An unnumbered Frith postcard (printed in Saxony as many of them were). One of a variety of this type to be found in old collections. This card titled 'A few lines from Dear Old Cornwall' is a mock letter written in Cornish dialect with a blank for the sender to fill in the name.

It reads:

My dear -----
i now take my pen in hand to write you these few lines hopeing this will find you quite well has this do leave me at present tez lovely weather hear how are you gettin on you'm some stranger our way excuse more this time has i ave won or to more too write two an i donate want to miss the poast. Love to ee both.

Aunt Martha

Publisher

Morrab Library

Date

1970

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Print

Identifier

ARTS 9.001

Original Format

photo of postcard

Period Costume

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