6 April 1897
44 Leman Street, Aldgate
To the London County Council’s Clerk of Works
“Dear Sir,
“This evening when I was passing through Boundary Street, in consequence of the projecting kerbstone and the inadequate lights where you are doing improvements, I fell down, damaging my trousers and underpants and injuring my leg, which necessitated my consulting an apothecary, and at the moment I am suffering great pain. I notified the accident to your watchman.
“This is grievous, and I look to you for recompense.
Yours truly,
Leonard Lyons.”