Description | 1. 20 Sep from Mr Wilmot Grocer in Lime Street, London asking for payment of a note for £300 due 3 months ago. 2. 2 Nov from Thomas Mathew of Walbrook asking to talk to recipient about a letter from the Royal Insurance. 3. 6 Nov from George Bowler about a young man recommended to Mr Mildmay asking to be remembered. 4. 11 Nov from his wife Barbara. Commenting about house building - where the stone is to come from, hornbeams etc and that she is "fat and infirm". 5. 13 Nov from John (Catherton) about cider and perry. 6. 13 Nov from Thomas Thackeray at Eton about his son Sharington's work and progress, which is better than it was, but he could do even better if he tried harder. 7. 17 Nov from Benjamin Young: he is ready to begin building when sent word. 8. 18 Nov from Francis Hunt. He has hornbeam trees available to purchase but there is no beechmast seed this season. 9. 18 Nov from James Eykyn. 10. 25 Nov from Nathaniel Hickman: he had received a letter from Mr Penny. Talking about a case involving the groom. 11. 18 Nov from Sharington Davenport at Eton, discussing his progress and his desire to go hunting. Encloses a piece of Latin. 12. 29 Nov from Sharington Davenport at Eton about his father coming to visit it and talking about his cousin Daniel Boone. 13. 30 Nov from Francis Hunt about hornbeam tree availability and prices. 14. 27 Nov from Thomas Thackeray at Eton about Sharington breaking up for Christmas. 15. 6 Sep Letter to Charles Boone's from Christopher Boone at Southgate: encloses notes (not included). |