L30/17/2/32

From Frederick [Fritz] Robinson, Madrid to Anne [Nanny] Robinson:

29 Jun 1772

From: 1772 To: 1772

Arrived Madrid last Thursday. Environs not good for riding, no shade & much dust. Regret their bathing. No water in river & people forbidden to swim in canal "for fear they should attempt to keep themselves tolerably clean, which would be a dangerous innovation". New house well advanced. Describes view from house they're in now; wood of the Casa del Campo etc... Palace furnished with velvet & tapestry in winter, now hung with silks & covered with pictures. Gardens of the Buen retiro are fashionable etc..not to be compared with Kensington Gardens however. The common people all lay in streets at night having been confined by heat all day. Some have guittars. Grantham has written to Mr. Burrel and Charles Townshend about Lord Fife's petition, to prevent it's success[see L30/17/2/50&55 & L30/14/109]. Obliged to Uncle Worsley (and surprized) for his taking up the affair so warmly, does not appear to have apprehended anything for the inhabitants of Scotland Yard. Hasn't heard from Mrs. Stainforth since Therese lay in. English officers and Mr. Martin set off for Gibralter and Lisbon respectively. Mr. Martin to England ultimately. [Sic].

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Burrel,
Townshend, Charles,
Fife,
Worsley,
Martin,
Robinson, Frederick,
Robinson, Annie

Madrid, Spain, Gibraltar, Lisbon, swimming, horse riding, tapestry, silk, garden, weather