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Sent from Wrest Park:

1778

From: 1778 To: 1778

"The young Duke of Bedford is down at Woburn for a fortnight, and Lord Ossory borrows the harriers of a Mr Millar near Dunstable, and they have been out together 2 or 3 times and everybody after them that had a horse to ride... Lord Polwarth thinks the young Duke seems a fine sprightly lad." Has spoken to Seccumbe about planting the trees near the chapel. Cape geese in the kitchen garden, and the ducks from Wimpole, and 4 or 5 Chinese geese.

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Russell, Francis (5th Duke of Bedford),
Seccumbe

CORRESPONDENCE, WOBURN, geese, gardens, Wrest Park