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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 90, 15 April 1908, Page 2

A letter, which wits posted twentyseven years ago and addressed td her husband, has just been delivered to Mrs Smalg, of Ilfracombe. The letter was sent in 1881 by his mother, at Clovellyy North Devon, to Mr John Smale, a sailor, being endorsed "care of British Consul, Seville." The envelope, which is an excellent state of preservation; now bears several post marks and the official notification "Non-reclaimed, not called for." A few years ago Mr Smale received a letter which had taken eight years to .reach him,