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Letter from Thomas Bland [to Alexander Hume-Campbell, 1st Baron Hume of Berwick]. Sent from Berkhamsted. Hope the affair of the dairymaid is now settled, but it is not the person mentioned in the previous letter.

13 Jul 1777

From: 1777 To: 1777

Mr Butler called, and was hurt by the negligence of G Grenville in the matter. Grenville had discharged all his servants and the dairymaid without thinking of the application made to him, and did not know where she had gone. Butler found the place of her abode, and called on her. Is she receives the writer’s letter today, it is hoped she will be at the farm by the end of the week. Butler could not bring her lower than 9 guineas per year and 7 shillings a week board wages, but is well versed in the business. She should be at the farm near Silsoe next Friday, to take instructions from Mr Amis. She had at Mr Grenville’s the care of a large dairy and poultry yard. Her name is Phillis Arnold. Further comments and arrangements relating to the dairymaid. Mr B. has at length brought the writer’s tithe affairs very near to a conclusion. ‘Five or six of my farmers had entered into a combination against me, but upon the approach of harvest some of them began to tremble, and all except two had come into his terms. These two have come so near the mark, that to save further trouble I have agreed he should accept their proposals.’ ‘If I am punctually paid, Mile End will, I believe, be a very comfortable, decent Living.’ Comments about the house in Colchester, which the writer proposes to take. The canon is removed hither with his family from Oxford, and Dr Young is come to Northchurch.

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Bland, Thomas,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (1st Baron Hume of Berwick),
Butler,
Grenville, G,
Amis,
Arnold, Phillis,
Young

Berkhamsted, CORRESPONDENCE, dairymaid, SILSOE, tithes, Colchester Mile End, Northchurch [Hertfordshire]