R3/4428

Letter Reads- Rogers has hired Oakley mill. Circs. altered since Hulatt first entered; he must have got nearly all his rent from rushes. Now, all helps twds. rent-paying being taken away, miller must depend on trade he does; it will require 500 to supply live & dead stock; the custom of the trade is to buy for ready money from the farmers & sell for credit to the bakers; 1,000 is the least the miller ought to have to enable him to buy on best terms. Peacock lacking in capital & experience. The young man appeared much disappointed & said the Duke as good as promised him the mill. These people construe civility into promise. Rogers' haste. Queen's visit: tennis court shall be cleared. Postponement of visit; letter from Lord Cowper's steward. Have stopped preparation for tenants' dinner. Notifying people.

15 July 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

English

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Haedy, C,
Rogers,
Hulatt,
Peacock,
Cowper, Lord

MILLS, water mills, millers, livestock, farmers, bakers, tennis, letters, WOBURN, Woburn Abbey, OAKLEY