Letter cover with addrss and postmark. The address on the letter is interesting:
ffor John Van den bempde Esq
att his house in Pall Mall.
Pall Mall was then, and is still today, a good address, and one of the most expensive places to live in London. It runs parallel to The Mall, which leads to Buckingham Palace. At the time that the letter was written, this house was then owned by the Duke of Buckingham: it was not a Royal residence until 1762. There would not have been too many residences in the street, so the Post Office would know which house was occupied by John Van den Bempde.
Image and text by Eunice Shanahan. Eunice and Ron Shanahan have shared with readers of the Victorian Web this material from their website, Letters from the Past.
Related Material
- A transcript of and the history behind the letter written by Sir Henry Gough
- An image of the original letter
Last modified 24 May 2010