• Reference
    L30/11/339/216
  • Title
    Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Ely. Birth of son to writter's son Joseph Yorke and wife Catherine. [James Somers Yorke]
  • Date free text
    27 Nov 1803
  • Production date
    From: 1803 To: 1803
  • Scope and Content
    Encloses printed sheet 'Proposals for publishing by subscription "The Antiquities of Magma Graecia" dedictated, by permission, to The Earl of Moira [Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings], by William Wilkins.' Will soon be moving to London. Mrs Jemima Pole-Carew is having difficulty finding a house suitable for herself and family for the winter; the writer has offered Forthampton. Thomas Waddington is to be married [to Anne Westwood] 'a lady of proper age - about 32; daughter to a gentleman of fortune who lives near his estates..' P.S. a letter from Horkesley announces the birth of another grandson for the writer [Reginald Yorke, son of Philip and Anna Maria].
  • Level of description
    item