Letter from S.C. Hall, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 September 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

Asking him to remind him how it is he knows him and saying he does not have "...many good and valuable autographs left;" recommending his "Rhymes in Council" and asking if he has already given him any autographs; adding that he had recently visited Sir Philip Rose and also spent several weeks in his "...native Devonshire;" relating the details of the return of Regimental Colours to his parish Church at Topsham; saying "In 1802, my father gave to his Parish Church at Topsham the two Colours of his Regiment - the Devon & Cornwall Fencibles, disbanded at the Peace of Amiens. For 75 years they hung over the Altar : 5 or 6 years ago the Vicar sold them! scandalously and illegally! I recovered them - and at the end of the month I go again to Devonshire to replace them over the altar - which they had so long graced and honoured! The 3 Regiments of Devonshire Volunteers will be present at the Ceremony. An interesting Ceremony it cannot fail to be - that the son of the old Colonel, at 82 years of age, [illegible] the flags placed by his father in the Church just 80 years ago!~ Thank God my native air restored me thoroughly to the health and cheerfulness I had utterly lost. You will I am sure read with satisfaction the paper 'In Memoriam' I send herewith."