Letter from John Hennon Hackworth, Chichester to Samuel Holmes

Remembers Samuel Holmes expressing his 'surprise’' at John Hennon Hackworth's financial position 'I suppose in one way I should take that as a compliment, but if you had thought of the persistent and tragical [sic] ill luck and misfortunes that have followed every member of the Hackworth family for nearly four century [sic] you would have lesser surprise at my position' ; Describes Timothy Hackworth injustice, the bad luck of John Wesley Hackworth [his cousin], cousin Albert [Hackworth], his father Thomas Hackworth; talks of his own career; discusses his son ' giving 4 ½ years of his life to this country as a soldier' which had left him in poor; appears to have asked Samuel Holmes for some money for his son. (6 sides)