Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X95/291/23
  • Title
    From: Thomas Sworder, Luton; To: Thomas Sworder, Hertford
  • Date free text
    18 Dec 1849
  • Production date
    From: 1849 To: 1849
  • Scope and Content
    From: Thomas Sworder, Luton; To: Thomas Sworder, Hertford "The Settlement of Gray's affair will most probably take place before the end of this month, the judgement having been at length satisfied. Such being the case the £700 will now be most acceptable but if you could manage to make it up £1,000 it would suit much better, as paying Bennett £3,000 has crippled us a little, besides which the expenses minused by alterations in the Brewery have been heavy, but will not be incurred again.Mr.Burgess thinks seriously of going to Cambridge to keep terms, so that he may be ordained. He talks of leaving here in a fortnight which will be a great blessing as we have seen quite enough of them. We shall then want a housekeeper to take care of us. Some of the people here say we ought to get married but I tell them we must get something to keep them with first. There is no lack of ladies here to choose from. I rather thought of coming to Hertford on Saturday, but my Uncle George from Oxfordshire has written to say that he will be here on Saturday on his way to Fulborne. I shall be at Westmill on Xmas day where we shall all be glad to see you & Aunt if you can get away. W.Medland is getting on in the most flourishing style with the Plait trade. He has a dog cart in which he carries his plait. "WM Solr Dunstable" he sports on his cart. He ought to have "Plait dealer" or "Bodger" as I call him, painted on as well. He is going to Cambridge on Friday on particular business. Robert has not yet returned from Westmill he was to meet Summers at Stortford yesterday. What a horrible dirty place this is, worse than Hertford. Our Brewery Yard is almost like a ploughed field. Our Vicar is dead. Sykes is now Vicar".
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