NAM.2002-01-251-60

Manuscript letter from an unknown woman, possibly a Miss Roberts, in Thetford, Norfolk to Capt William Lee, later Lieutenant Colonel, 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons at Gen Harcourt's House, Portland Place, London, 15 May 1792. Letter informs him the invitation in his letter is improper but asks that he visit her when in Thetford. She asks him to send his post through Mr Leeches at the Bell, Thetford, and to disguise his handwriting as much as possible. From a collection of 112 letters and envelopes addressed to Lt Col William Lee, 5th Baronet, 16th (or The Queen’s) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, 1749-1810. Also includes photocopies of other letters from the same correspondence.