Second page of letter to Richard Quick with a list of curios of possible interest to the Horniman Museum including a rapier, old Indian utensils, a Japanese tinder box and an ancient carved pipe. Author J. E. Hobbs. Last page of letter unreadable except for first 4 lines as the back of the letter adhered to scrapbook.
Second page of letter with list of curios from J. Hobbs
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