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HY931/4
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To John Harvey V at Oban
Date free text
2 August 1805
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From: 1805 To: 1805
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Glad journey through North Riding pleasant, and “Madam” settled at Scarborough with “little ones”. Mrs. Hornsby said John Harvey at Glasgow, probably at Oban by now. William Thornton at Moggerhanger last week; now returned to Hampstead Heath. “Poor George” too ill to be moved. Ladies stay in town with him. Account of review at Biggleswade. Lord Southampton his Aide-de-camp. and Lord Onslow attended. Palmer and Staines there. “Your Company” [Bedfordshire Horse Artillery, formed 1803] most correct. Others there: Silsoe, Barford, Shefford, Potton, Biggleswade. Lord Ongley gone to Cheltenham. Lady Payan and Miss Lucy not returned. Called at Sandy. L. M[onou]x has had stroke since return from Bath. Sir P. at home. Dines with Sir George on Thursday. Gadsby and Miss send compliments. Brother [brother-in-law?], the Mayor, comes to preside at Races. Lawry and Freshwater very ill. Doctor Palmer as usual “on his bed sixteen hours out of twenty four”. Miss Palmer returned to Jersey. Jack Smyth at Margate. Colt recovered. All well at [Ickwell] Bury. Hay carried. Harvest backwards. Price of bread raised, 5d the peck loaf, 14¾d for a quarter loaf. Hopes Gazette in paper will bring good news “for unless they have escaped into port Sir Robert [Calder] will have another Brush with them”. Hundreds of prisoners passed through Biggleswade. Entertained at John Harvey’s cost. Cow delivered of immense calf, 98 pounds. Mr White and Dick Hyde saved the cow. Sold at Biggleswade for £7. Plantations flourishing. Whitman’s cottage done. Will not undertake Woodward’s till after harvest. Francis has begun pointing. Sandon’s and George’s barns tar-varnished. Oaks doing well. Information about trees and houses from Mr. Inskip. John Harvey now in Hebrides. Mrs Harvey glad Brooksbanks coming to Scarborough. August 5. Freshwater better. Wedding from Bedlam Barns, girl, Miss Burnage, 19, “Mrs Cooper’s later apprentice but just of Age: but it seems he had put a spoke in her Wheel”. Mrs Inskip says Mr Walker has taken George Herbert’s new house at Biggleswade. John brother is well. Joe left at Scarborough. Compliments to unknown companion. Mr Stan, mathmetical lecturer, dead at Cheltenham. “was he on Jones’s side?”. No news of Lax, probably in North.
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