| Description | from W Langhorne about the gift of communion plate for Folkestone church, 1771; from William Ewer, about the earl's nomination as governor of the Turkey (Levant) Company, 1771; from Edmund Smyth about the earl's assistance to mrs Mackey during her illness, 1774; from Rev Edward Eliot thanking him for the gift of communion plate for the church at Hambledon, Hampshire, 1779; from mr Smith, High Street, Salisbury about sending the portrait of sir Walter Raleigh and identifying paintings of admiral Russell and mr Hardwick, 1777; from William Gomm with details of a Russian case of extreme fertility; a family of 75 children, 1782. From William Collins about a portrait of the earl for the council room in Salisbury, 1809; from Henry Collins about the delivery of unspecified pictures to mr Smith in London, 1812; from Richard Cosway, one describing his ten day visit to Fonthill Abbey to inspect the books and mss before the sale of paintings etc [which took place in 1807]; reports that mr Beckford may be willing to sell 'his Clauds' [paintings by Claude Lorrian], undated probably 1812; from Daniel Palmer about the distribution of Christmas coats at Coleshill; recipients are named, 1815 (addressed either to the earl of viscount Folkestone); from ... Hodgson, Uxbridge, about the earl's pew in St George's church, [Hanover Square, London], 1816; from Charles Loder recommending rev John W Peters as a magistrate for Berkshire, 1821 |