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Letter (one sheet) from Euphemia Attenborough, Sawtry to T C Hipwell.

wednesday ?

Thanks for price of peas. Dick asked writer to send sample of barley to judge price; going to send samples of peas and barley to Turnill Saturday. Frank may see Turnill at Market; Dick not been since April Threshing results awful 2 quarters of peas - best crop 2 quarters with tail of barley on the best field on this farm. Dick's own field of barley to be threshed tomorrow. Richard Turnill, a good farmer stated that on his high land he had 50 acres that could not yield a quarter to the acre he is giving up, young Berridge has taken the farm at increased rental of £136 pa more. Dick never expected much of harvest Note: Richard Turnill's is listed as living at St Andrews House, Sawtry in the 1914 Commercial Directory of Huntingdonshire.

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Hipwell, T.C.,
Hipwell, Thomas,
Hipwell, Annie,
Attenborough, Euphemia,
Hipwell, Euphemia,
Hipwell, Virtue Elizabeth,
Millington, Virtue Elizabeth,
Attenborough, Richard,
Hipwell, Frank,
Turnill, Richard,
Berridge

peas, letters, barley, threshing, harvesting, Sawtry