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

6 May 1779

From: 1779 To: 1779

Glad the Devonshire and Sussex Militia will be at [the destinations above] this Summer. Thinks Aunt Jemmy did right not to stay long in Town. Intensely cold wind, glad he still has his winter clothes. Has two spring suits with Count Masin, who is detained at Bordeaux, waiting for replacement passports after pocket book was stolen at Paris. The new [Portuguese] Embassadress is appearing, very pretty and at ease. Giving her dinner Tuesday next. Musician arrived. Playing in the evenings, drawing in the afternoons. Hoping to copy all his lesser views of the Sitios. Madame Penafuente in a bad way. Her house is nearly always open to them, at a village near Aranjuez where Fritz's horse went to grass. Fritz tumbled off a pony coming from there once. Strawberries are in. Saturdays mean a good dinner at the Minister’s, do not mention to Lady Pelham the bellyful of cream. Eats moderately in order to enjoy the Desert. Promised his neighbours a syllabub at the Cowhouse. Mr. De Ramel gone to Town, his Lady is not coming down until the Parejas. The Princess is pretty well and often walks, sometimes falls in with her but often prefers a ramble to a Promenade.

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Penafuente,
Ramel,
Fritz,
Robinson, Thomas (2nd Baron Grantham),
Robinson, Annie

militia, wind, weather, ponies, horses, strawberries, fruit, Bordeaux, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain