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Letter from William Lee Antonie, Colworth; to Edward Arrowsmith; ‘I have heretofore felt ( about three weeks ago), and again last night, the situation of the poor people in having lost two sheep with abundance of potatoes and turnips . . . . . . I used to think that we were pretty safe in this part of the world but I am afraid we are no longer’.

19 October 1800

From: 1800 To: 1800

Gift from A.C. Benedict Eyre esquire Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire., via British Records Accociation.

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Arrowsmith, Edward,
Antonie, William Lee

general correspondence, COLWORTH, sheep, potatoes, turnips, general Poor Laws, famine