Will Cameron 1846

“ Robert Simmey,Aberdeen,
from Will Cameron, London 1846”

by

Eunice Shanahan

The last letter is also from Will Cameron in London to his uncle Robert Simmey Esq in Harriet St Aberdeen, it has a Penny red postage stamp which someone tried to remove,but gave up after tearing it. The stamp has the obliterator number 12 in a diamond in an oval of of 16 lines. This was applied at the Inland office, and was in use until March 1847.
The other postmark are a circular evening duty London date stamp B H SP 16 1846 in black, Edinburgh SEP H 17 N 1846 in red and a circular black ABERDEEN E SE 18 1846.

The pencil notes are
Mr Cameron about John'sProperty and 16 Sept 1846 Wm Cameron about Property of his Brother

The paper is different from the other letters in this collection and is watermarked MUNIER’S MERCANTILE LINEN POST. (We have never seen this one before).

It is interesting that the writer has put a street address on this letter.

London (200 Piccadilly) 16 Septr 1846.
My Dear Uncle,
I wrote you a few days since from Manchester since when none of your letters have reached me, I left Manchr this day week by Coach and had a beautiful ride along with Mr Young to Nottingham, when I finished what I had to do and arrived in London on Thursday last by Railway. Since my arrival I have been fully occupied with business so that I have had scarcely time to see any one.
Note That note shows how the railway had taken over from the mail coaches, and within a few more years had done so completely.This journey would have been on the Midland Railway, which had been formed in 1844. The Railway mania saw rail lines built all over Britain, and in 1846 there were an amazing 272 Acts of Parliament setting up new railway companies.

Amelia & Mr Young left this morning for Perth by the Steamer and I have taken up my quarters with Mr Garden – Mr Scholfield has not yet returned – but I had a letter from him a few days since from France in which he says he and Mrs Scholfield are quite well. I expect them here in about a week or ten days – it is likely I shall go to Southampton to meet him. I have not called on the Doctors yet, but my health is much improved – my Hoarseness still continues, but the Soreness in the throat is nearly gone, and the Cough is less troublesome. I had a letter from America last mail enclosing me a Bill for £260 – but no satisfactory accounts as to the sale has been received. From what Mr Lyle says, Robert has been a great pest to him but he has now got his share and he is done with him.

I merely write you this few lines in a hurry lest you should think I had forgotten you – so you must excuse my brevity.
Remaining, My dear Uncle,
Your Affecte Nephew
Will Cameron.

Note that this letter is addressed only to his uncle, so possibly his aunt had died since the previous letter in 1842.

This is the end of the Simmey/Reid/Cameron correspondence that we have. It would be interesting to know if there are any descendants in Cincinnati, and what was the property they could not sell and what happened to it eventually.

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