L30/18/47/7

From Baroness Grantham, Newby Hall to 3rd Baron Grantham, St. Petersburg (No. 8):

4,5 Sep 1801

From: 1801 To: 1801

Acknowledgement of receipt of his letter. Mentions financial business, including the payment of £1000 for his outfit; payment of the renewal of the Crown Lease at York; buying stock on his behalf; and paying bills. Agricultural business, includes purchasing beer and hops for brewing; completion of the harvest; partridge shooting; and fishing for carp and tench. Describes York Races, which was not as good as last year, due to a low attendance, less dancing and bad behaviour, “Sir J. Shelley [and] Colonel Mather ...got drunk after supper, and broke the windows of Lady Marlborough.” Mentions cockfighting and betting on the horses. Also mentions Mr Place embarked for India, and Frederick attending Richmond Races.

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Shelley, J,
Mather,
Marlborough,
Place,
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 3rd Baron,
Robinson, Mary

family/personal financial affairs, general agriculture, cockfighting, betting, dancing, horses, beer, brewing, Russia, York