L30/11/339/264

Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Forthampton. Reference to the monument to writer's husband James Yorke. The writer is satisfied that the proposed site will suit it, and wishes Robert Blore to be instructed to complete it in the time he mentioned, namely two months.

22 Apr 1809

From: 1809 To: 1809

Mention of a children's book intended for Mrs Beauchamp-Proctor's children, and the useful maxim from it. The writer is well and occupied. Has discovered in her companion two subjects of taste she was not aware of - gardening and heroic poetry. Mention of Edward Charles Cocks in Portugal. Reference to General Clavering

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Yorke, Mary,
Maddox, Mary,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Hume-Campbell, Amabell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Blore, Robert,
Beauchamp-Proctor,
Cocks, Edward Charles,
Clavering

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