L30/17/4/3

From 2nd Baron Grantham, Bordeaux to Anne [Nanny] Robinson:

19 Jul 1771

From: 1771 To: 1771

Journey from Paris via Estanges, Orleans, Blois, Tours, Angoulême. Describes countryside. Road on raised Causeway between Blois and Tours. Chestnut and Walnut trees. Acacias in the villages. Pedimented houses instead of steep pitched rooves of the north. Spirit of improvement. Their correspondent Jim Black gave them a good dinner. Attending a Spectacle, will be treated with great distinctions. Departure from Bayonne dependent on news from Paris of their young Gentlemen. Love to Pelhams if at Stanmer. Lord Pelham's snuff box.

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Robinson, Thomas (2nd Baron Grantham),
Robinson, Anne,
Black, Jim

France, Bordeaux, Orleans, Paris, dinners, travel, trees, architecture