Reference
Z629/5
Title
Letter from John Turner, baker of Milton Ernest to Thomas Turner, St Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America
1 sheet. Damaged
details of sending newspapers to Thomas
not kept up Journal because so very uncomfortable with my late housekeeper... "our cousin has left me and that I cannot once desire to have any further communication with our Leicestershire kinsfolk at all
Stranger to every comfort except a clean house and clean linen"
Now no housekeeper - poor Mary Winsall doing his jobs
Eli writing tunes (taught Clarionette by Old Williams of Thurleigh)
if asked will get good seeds and roots from friend Mr Sheppard of Bedford
details of vegetable seeds Thomas might like; mentions Dahlias. damage to apple trees by wind - thousands lost in cider country. details of prices esp woollen goods, what, barley, meat Irish hogs: depressing price of locally produced pork at Bedford
Money scarce, hopes poor rate won't go up.
Our poor generally want to live above their station a little humility and disinterestedness amongst us all would be the best kind of reform.
Cut down numbers of public houses & pull away all the corrupted props from Old Mother Church "she must lick the dust for her arrogance and insolence"
infers Thomas "Tory like and Church and England like "would" have no abuses corrected
Accuses Church for being too pro Tory
Bedford improving and enlarging
insufficient number of "responsible" people to occupy good houses being built reference to new built
school (?Modern School, ? at Cardington Cross? (letter damaged here)
farm difficulties with sheep scab and too dry weather for turnips proposed going to Northampton
severe cholera at Newport Pagnell, this summer
Will start Journal
Date free text
18 Sep 1833
Production date
From: 1833 To: 1833
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