• Reference
    Z629/4
  • Title
    Letter from John Turner, baker of Milton to Thomas Turner, St Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America 1 sheet made up a box for him and sent Mr Barry at the end of August to be shipped details of contents of 2 boxes sent before Fears Whitbread's new houses will place him in critical circumstances: [Whitbread Odell was Thomas John's brother in law and in 1847 is described as carpenter of Milton Ernest] Discusses Thomas & John Odell, Ann & Whitbread's children prices including good wheats 35s-36s per quarter heard of incendiary fires but not in Milton Ernest area If the wicked self interested Tories would let the Reformers and the Reform Bill proceed we should soon see better days" Parliament expected to be dissolved for a "rattling Election" Cholera at Bletsoe - Mrs Woods wife of man who hanged himself She and 5 or 6 dead by Tuesday 2 deaths, four fresh cases by Sunday will feel it bitterly in his business because they were good customers Polly Panter's house broken into when away in London John Farford's youngest son gone to gaol for driving away some of Mr Gibbing pigs to St Neots market. "My Leicestershire Housekeeper is happy here" [? a member of the Lovell family] opposition of Eli to housekeeper - would like to be able to do without him mentions previous housekeeper Old Samuel Swannell returned from America good account of Radwell people there Joseph generally beloved, deals in cattle Samuel & George become very pious
  • Date free text
    19 Nov 1832
  • Production date
    From: 1832 To: 1832
  • Level of description
    item