1823 SURINAM to UK GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTER - Capt Isaac Hayward to his Daughter

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1823 SURINAM to UK GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTER - Capt Isaac Hayward to his Daughter
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1823 SURINAM Dutch West Indies, to UK GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTER - Fine letter from Captain Isaac Johnson Thomas Hayward to his Daughter Mrs A.M.C. Hayward at Cold Harbour, Near Dursley, Gloucestershire. UK giving her the details of the death of her Mother Maria, and the news he had received from Her Husband of the death of his Sister.
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Surinam 14th April 1823
My Dear Mrs Hayward,
It is with feelings of the most painful nature that I am now under the disagreeable necessity of informing you of the death of your good and worthy Mother which melancholy event took place on the 4th inst. after a very short illness of a few days- Her death was occasioned by a violent cold, with earache and sore throat followed by fever - as soon as I found her illness to appear alarming I immediately sent for a doctor to Fort Amsterdam, which was on Thursday afternoon, on his arrival he found your dear Mother very ill and went immediately back, where he sent medicine and two blister's, I gave the medicine every two hours according to the Doctors orders during the night, and the blisters were applied to the calves of her legs - Your Brother Peter arrived very early on Friday morning when finding my dear Maria in so dangerous a state had her conveyed to Town, where although every assistance was procured, and every attention paid to Her, she almost immediately expired in your Brothers house-
Your Brother Peter will shortly leave the Colony when he will bring your dear mothers Will and her clothes etc. with him - in the meantime condoling with you most sincerely for the heavy loss you have sustained as well as myself, I am with kind love to my Brother,
Dear Mrs Hayward, Your Sincere friend- I. Hayward.
One week after the death of my dear Wife, I received the melancholy tidings of the death of my dear Sister Mrs Beak, conveyed in a letter from your Husband and I most sincerely condole with Mr B and my Brothers on this event-."
MOST OF THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS IN MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SEE DETAILS BELOW
Comprises papers, mostly correspondence, between the members of the Hayward family from their plantation ‘Pieterszorg’ in Surinam to Bristol and London, England as well as Rotterdam and Amsterdam, Holland regarding the production, processing and trade of sugar and coffee. Of particular note are details regarding the running of a plantation in the Caribbean and the use of slave labour. These papers spans the period after slavery was abolished in the British Empire (1807) but continued under Dutch colonial rule in Surinam (and elsewhere in the Dutch colonies) until 1863. Link to the University of Melbourne Archives Catalogue Record
Isaac Johnson Thomas Hayward
Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England on 1778 to John Hayward and Sarah Johnson.
Isaac Johnson Thomas Hayward had 2 children. He passed away on 28 Dec 1827 in Suriname. His Wife was Maria Elizabeth Lemmers, born in Surinam 1770-
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1823 SURINAM Dutch West Indies, to UK GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTER - Fine letter from Captain Isaac Johnson Thomas Hayward to his Daughter Mrs A.M.C. Hayward at Cold Harbour, Near Dursley, Gloucestershire. UK giving her the details of the death of her Mother Maria, and the news he had received from Her Husband of the death of his Sister."Surinam 14th April 1823 My Dear Mrs Hayward, It is with feelings of the most painful nature that I am now under the disagreeable necessity of informing you of the death of your good and worthy Mother which melancholy event took place on the 4th inst. after a very short illness of a few days- Her death was occasioned by a violent cold, with earache and sore throat followed by fever - as soon as I found her illness to appear alarming I immediately sent for a doct
Place Posted
Surinam
City/Town/Village
New Amsterdam
EAN
Does Not apply
Country
Suriname
Region
South America
Destination
Cold Harbour, Dursley
England County
Gloucestershire
Family Surname
Hayward
Era
1820 -1830
Postmark Type
GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTER
Product Type
Postal History
Quality
Archive repaired
Document Type
Manuscript posted letter
Year of Issue
1823