R3/2855

Reads- On what do you base estimate of 10s. week as fair remuneration for labourer? It depends on cost: s. d. Rent 1 0 Bread (1½ quartern loaves @ 10d.) 1 3 Bacon (3½ lb. @ 8d.) 2 4 Beer (1 pint daily @ 3d.) 1 9 Tobacco 6 Tea or coffee & sugar 6 [7s. 4d.] Butter Firing Coal Clothes I feel the difficulty of doing any good, but it is a question of positive & absolute necessity, if peace & govt. are to prevail in England, and we must all exert. I send account of Lord Ailesbury's garden system in Wilts.

2 Jan 1830

From: 1830 To: 1830

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estate labour, estate wages, labourers, rentals, bread, bacon, beer, tobacco, tea, coffee, sugar, butter, coal, clothing, England, gardens, Wiltshire