Sam WELLER (-)

Sam Weller is mentioned in George Sladden’s letter of 20^th November 1916, in which he refers to the use of the word “circumscribing” – this is a literary allusion to a character in a book with which all the Sladdens would have been familiar.

Sam Weller is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens, and is the character that made Dickens famous.  Mr Pickwick takes Sam Weller on as a personal servant and companion on his travels.  Sam is a source of idiosyncratic proverbs and advice.