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Mary, Newby Hall to Amabel, Wrest Park Criticises her for making fun of her scrape at York races. Frederick has returned home after his tour of Scotland. Mrs Robinson from Saltram has visited Mrs Carew. Provides an extract of Tom's recent letter, dated 4 September at Geneva. Includes details of their journey through Switzerland, including descriptions of the hills, mountains and glaciers. She also received a letter from Tom, posted in May, followed by the arrival of a messenger from Vienna with a sample of Vienna china. Provides an extract of the letter, in which he recounts dinner with the French ambassador, commenting, "His Secretaries are one and all the lowest, vulgarest set of Fellows I ever saw: Indeed all the French I have yet seen are exceedingly vulgar looking".

22 Sep 1802

From: 1802 To: 1802

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Lucas,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Yorke, Amabel,
Grantham, Mary Jemima, Baroness,
Yorke, Mary Jemima,
Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of,
Robinson,
Carew,
de Grey of Wrest, Thomas Philip Weddell, 2nd Earl

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