Acknowledges receipt of £262 8s. 8d.
Had not heard they had suffered so much from the cattle plague in Lincolnshire.
Acknowledges receipt of £262 8s. 8d.
Had not heard they had suffered so much from the cattle plague in Lincolnshire.
[Acknowledges receipt of £252 19s. 2d.]
Thanks JH for his kind invitation to [William Erasmus Darwin, who had inherited the Claythorpe property in Lincolnshire, also managed by JH, from CD’s sister, Susan Elizabeth Darwin?]
Acknowledges receipt of £159 11s. 2d.
Glad to hear that the cottages are nearly finished.
Acknowledges receipt of £259 11s. 10d.
Obliged for JH’s good account of Francis Hardy’s management of Beesby Farm.
Acknowledges receipt of £263 13s. 8d.
Acknowledges sum of £266 11s. 9d.
Has discussed the tenancy at Claythorpe with his father, and he will be happy for JH’s son to take over the farm.
Reports that he has an offer of an estate of about 325 acres that CD may find suitable.
Acknowledges the sum of £216 18s. 6d.
Obliged for kind enquiries about his health.
Sends a list of the work he feels should be done at Beesby [Lincolnshire] to put the farm in order. Hopes to get purchase deeds completed by 10 October.
Acknowledges receipt of draft. When does JH want the money for the new farmhouse? Bankers are Robarts, Curtis & Co. JH to pay them the rent directly.