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L30/14/333/154
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From Fritz, Stanmer to 2nd Baron Grantham:
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23 Dec 1778
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From: 1778 To: 1778
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Dined at Mr. Kempe’s at Lewes, good dinner, rubber at Whist. Walks and reads to fill time. Then tea, prayers and supper. Very different to Saltram. Tom back soon, much involved with Militia, little interest in improvements at Stanmer. George looking thin and puny. Harriett cheerful at her sister's match. Harry lively & polite etc... Lady Holderness miserable at her daughter's conduct [Lady Carmarthen]. Lord Holderness believed to have settled whole estate on Carmarthen's three children. Commissioners may be in Town on his return. Saw Lady Carlisle at Opera. Everybody approves of Carlisle's answer to M. de la Fayette, latter was better received in England than most foreigners. Thinks Storer will be glad to return. The Townshends are still in George Selwyn's house in Cleveland Court and have made alterations. Lord Pelham's estimate for Stratton St. amounted to £4000, when bills arrived has cost double that. Mention of unnamed `Friend' at Sir William Robinson’s, no fixed abode in London. Mrs. Montague has built a very large house near Portman Square, supposes it will be called `Temple of the Muses'.
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