HA 278 - Note paper with caricature of 'A Railway Committee', anonymous publisher, with portrait of George Hudson on the wall. c 1860

‘Gentlemen I beg to (hic) draw attention to the fact (hic) that I have been addressing our worthy Chairman (hic) for the last hour and a half (hic) without having received a single (hic) word in reply’. The manucript letter has been writen by Abraham Horsfall: ‘My dear papa. We are all very well and hope you are. Mr Wright died on Tuesday. I wrote to mama this morning. Dear papa I had not time to write to you this morning. John and Frances send a kiss. I go very well at school and we are all very good at home. I remain your dutiful and affectionate son, Abraham Horsfall.’