Letter from Eliza Armstrong to Mrs. Comb (1885)
Quoted in Alison Plowden, The Case of Eliza Armstrong: A Child of 13 Bought for £5 (1974)
My dear Mrs Comb[,]
I write these few lines to you hoping you
are quite well. I am a good girl. does all that Fanny tells me to[.] my
coton dress is finished and I keeps it very nice and clean. and
I sow my buttons on my cloak and I have washed the stains out of my dress.
the captain is very good to me indeed. all the girls gives their love
to you and Captain gives her love to you and the major as well. I hope
you are soon coming home again. and the Captain gave me the paper to write
with. she is very kind to me [.] I love her very much, and I love you
to. it is raining very much at home[.] two of the girls are going away
soon[.] I liked your letter very much[.] well that all I got to say at
present[.] good by.
and god bless you[.]
See also..
- • Introduction
- • 1st Day' Proceedings (Wednesday, September 2, 1885)
- • 2nd Day's Proceedings (Monday, September 7, 1885)
- • 3rd Day's Proceedings (Tuesday, September 8, 1885)
- • Mr. Webster's Opening Statement (October 23, 1885)
- • The Evidence of Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong (October 23, 1885)
- • The Evidence of Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong (October 24, 1885)
- • The Evidence of Mrs. Broughton (October 25, 1885)
- • The Evidence of Mr. Charles Armstrong (October 26, 1885)
- • W.T. Stead's Opening Statement (October 28)
- • Mr. Charles Russell on Rebecca Jarrett (October 29)
- • The Evidence of Rebecca Jarrett (October 29, 1885)
- • The Evidence of Rebecca Jarrett (October 30, 1885)
- • The Evidence of Rebecca Jarrett (November 2, 1885)
- • The Evidence of W.T. Stead (November 2, 1885)
- • W.T. Stead's Closing Statement (November 4, 1885)
- • Mr. Webster's Closing Statement (November 5, 1885)
- • Mr. Justice Lopes' Summing up (November 7, 1885)
- • Mr. Justice Lopes' Sentence (November 10, 1885)
Stead by his Peers 
W.T. Stead by his daughter, Estelle
