An unverified letter
This is an interesting finding. A letter from a chap who Stephen believes (given the topic he writes on and the date) to be the consul to the Court of Morocco in the late 1700s. Stephen will have to check to see if the letter is an original. Either way, it is scanned in here. Stephen can find no connection between Payne and Clan Atherton who were all based in North England (it wasn't until 1884 that Stephen's paternal Great-Grandfather moved from near Wigan with his father. Interestingly Stephen's maternal grandfather was also from around Wigan).
