| Description | Letter sent from T. A. Curtis requesting Freshfield send an agent to escort Richard Wilson (aged 16) from his parent's home, 15 Bedford Place, Kent Road, to Woolwich to embark on the ship, the Elizabeth. Curtis warns Freshfield that his agent should not let Wilson out of his sight 'or sufffer him to quit him upon any pretext'. The agent should return an acknowledgment from the ship's captain that the boy was safely on board. |