c.1824 Coach Driving Standards in the Early 19th Century Letter – Birney, E. Mrs a long and detailed Autograph Letter written to Sir Beauchamp Proctor giving account of the driving qualities of a Coachman named Sumpter, whose services have been provided to her. The letter sets out all of Sumpter’s foibles, the damage he has done to her coach on more than one occasion, but with the wish that no harm shall come to him, Bracon Hall (Norfolk) 10 Aug 1824