ARC TBC Mysterious Mary...BC Wench adding
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:11 pm
I have an unsigned letter which starts 'Dear John' but is not signed. It is written on November 23rd 1894 from Malt Mill Lane and looks as though it may be in my Great Grandfather (Nathan Taylor)'s writing but doesn't make sense in as much as he married Martha Manger in 1893. It seems to be a response to another letter which accuses Nathan (or whoever John is) of making the person writing it loose weight and of never having loved them. The person writing has a child and is saying that 'John' should at least love the child and 'John' also seems to have left her for some one wealthier. The letter is signed Mary L Fletcher and there is a P.S. in which Mary mentions the name of the child as Sarah and also suggest that at some point 'John' may have been accused of being already married when they presumably were together.
The above may sound confusing as the letter is not easy to follow but does anyone know anything about a Mary L Fletcher /Sarah - I can't decide whether the letter relates to anyone/any events or whether it is a piece of fiction - the only Mary mentioned in Nathan's autobiography is someone he worked with in the 1840ies and the only Sarah I know is someone who Nathan negotiated mortgages with in 1902.
The above may sound confusing as the letter is not easy to follow but does anyone know anything about a Mary L Fletcher /Sarah - I can't decide whether the letter relates to anyone/any events or whether it is a piece of fiction - the only Mary mentioned in Nathan's autobiography is someone he worked with in the 1840ies and the only Sarah I know is someone who Nathan negotiated mortgages with in 1902.