| Description | 1. 12 Apr 1714 Recipe for a remedy addressed to the Countess Dowager Coventry.
2. 9 Mar 1744 Note from Thomas Foster to Martha Talbot requesting money. Inside is a note dated 16 Mar 1744/5 from Martha Talbot requesting money to pay the butcher's bill.
3. Copy letter from Edmund Hay to his brother, concerning bills to be paid and querying unpaid dividends.
4. 21 Mar 1746 Letter possibly from Martha Talbot on behalf of her aunt Barbara Davenport who is ill, to John Talbot requesting payment of interest due.
5. Advertisements:
a. Advertisement for the Albion Fire and Life Insurance Company.
b. Advertisement from Wolverhampton, 8 Jan 1746-7, refuting a report that the London and Chester Carriage Company is to end.
c. 14 Nov 1745 Recruitment advertisement for his Majesty's Foot Guards. Below, dated 12 Nov 1745 from the General Post Office concerning new details about postage to Islands in the Caribbean.
6. 6 Aug 1786 Letter from David Shakespear to his brother John concerning news of his travelling and disappointment that they were unable to visit.
7. 30 May 1772 Letter from John, Robert and Henry Drummond to John Talbot with a detailed statement of his account with Drummond's Bank from 1770 to 1772.
8. All written in the same hand: on the outside details of stocks and shares for Jan and Jun 1747. Inside: 4 Jun 1747 letter from Thomas Bates to Talbot confirming that the financial difficulties with Sir John have been resolved. 6 Jun 1747, a reply of thanks from Talbot to Thomas Bates. |