Reference
Z629/14
Title
Letter from John Turner, baker of Milton to Thomas Turner, St Andrews, New Brunswick, British North America
1 sheet
forwarded letter from Father entreating Thomas's hasty return home.
Father's lack of perseverance and determination is more and more visible - farming produce so low and labourers' morals so bad Won't get rid of his present men to get honest ones.
Joe Disher paid off girl that left last Michaelmas big with child which deserves "many Fathers"
Father and Elizabeth would now be glad for Thomas to do what he pleased with the business if he came home
"Villages are now greatly impoverished. My business tells one so and that daily too".
"Yet this village is not so bad as many others are, still our farmers do not employ all the men nor can they well pay any of them.
Nor will the new Poor Law allow them, the poor, redress for their either real or pretended grievances as they used to have. Thurleigh and all such cold land farmers who are heavily burthened with poor are poor indeed. Radwell and Felmersham appear half desolate."
Details of money Turner gives out in Poor Relief
Hardly sees hounds - Master likely to give up because so poor Details of prices
Deaths include Mrs Ashwell of Leighton Buzzard and Mr Ashwell of Tempsford
Gibbins selling his farm and may move out of the parish being replaced by his Uncle Henry. "God Forbid!"
Small estate of Mr Grocock at Felmersham and another in Hunts to be auctioned as result of Cole's Bankruptcy.
Reckons likely Peel's Government will fall or there will be another General Election within a month
Unlikely to vote in another contested election. Likes Peel but dislikes Tories for way they obstructed business when the Whigs formed a Government
"the voice of the Country is against Toryism and the power of the Tories is too much for the Whigs"
Opposes Peel's religious policy "a stink in the nostrils of God". good so far as they go but deny spiritual nature of Religion. Parsons growing more moral - only "Whitewashing the sepulchre".
"So long as they hold with Baptismal regeneration - deny a spiritual call to the Ministry and mock at the operations of the Holy Spirit on the hearts of true believers and do not separate the Church from the World".
Thomas asked for Farmers' newspaper; if can not find one, will send a Methodist one, 'the Politicks of which you will like' [ie pro Tory]
Thomas's newspaper going rounds
John assumed accommodation offered to let was that formerly occupied by Thomas (landlord Mr Mann)
Date free text
24 Feb 1833
Production date
From: 1833 To: 1833
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