Discusses possible purchase of land.
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Discusses possible purchase of land.
Places affair [land purchase] entirely in JH’s hands. Son [William?] will visit in a week or two.
Acknowledges receipt of £244 5s. 11d. for half-year rents less deductions.
Acknowledges receipt of £244 15s. 11d.
Acknowledges receipt of £239 9s. 7d.
Acknowledges receipt of £245 18s.
Acknowledges receipt of £240 7s. 9d.
Hopes to meet JH at Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house in London on Friday 6 June.
Acknowledges receipt of £245 18s.
JH’s account of the Tomline estate gives CD some regret.
Acknowledges receipt of £235 7s. 9d.
Acknowledges receipt of £248 2s. 1d.
Acknowledges receipt of £242 11s. 10d.
Thanks JH for his kind enquiries about CD’s illness.
Acknowledges receipt of £262 13s. 5d.
Sorry to hear JH is still suffering from gout.
Acknowledges receipt of £255 2s. 10d.
Acknowledges receipt of £257 12s. 2d.
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.